Official competition documentaries


ZAHRA ( Palestine 2009 )

Couleur: 63’
Direction: Mohamed BAKRI
Screenplay: Mohamed Bakri
Director of Photography: Zied Bakri
Music: Amir Shahsar
Editing: Nail Mahamid
Production: Carole Zabar


Synopsis

Zahra is the portrait of a Palestinian woman from Galilee. The film begins with her childhood before the war of 1948. Through her eyes, over time, we see the radical transformation of Palestinian society from a majority to a minority deprived of their civil rights.



The director:


Mohamed Bakri is an actor and director. His documentary, «Jenin, Jenin», which received an award from the Carthage Film Festival in 2002, was his directorial debut.



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