Nicosia opens the 3rd edition of the Palestinian Independent Film Festival with a screening at YALLA Collective Space & Café. In collaboration with United for Palestine and Nicosia CineClub.

Tuesday, April 21

Venue: YALLA Collective Space & Café

19:30 — Doors Open

20:00 — The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing (Dir. Theo Panagopoulos)

Short / Documentary | 17 min | 2024

Μικρού μήκους / Ντοκιμαντέρ | 17 λεπτά | 2024

A Scotland-based Palestinian filmmaker discovers hidden footage of his homeland's wildflowers. Inspired by this rare archive, he embarks on a journey to recover and preserve this precious visual heritage.

20:25 — A Fidai Film (Dir. Kamal Aljafari)

Documentary | 1 h 18 min | 2024

Ντοκιμαντέρ | 1 ώρα 18 λεπτά | 2024

Archival fragments are repositioned and burnt through with searing red, laying bare the looting of Palestinian visual history as Aljafari reclaims and re-imagines footage plundered from the Palestine Research Centre.