VIDEOS
 
     
 
2011
 
     
 
DAY 1: JERUSALEM
 
                            
     
     
     
 
CLOSING NIGHT, 2010
 
 
The final night of the festival saw authors reading from passages that meant
something personal to them. Here are a couple:
 
     
 
 
 
     
     
     
 
DAY 3: NABLUS
 
     
                                                                  
     
 
 
 
 
     
                                                               
     
     
     
                                                                    
     
     
     
 
BETHLEHEM CHECKPOINT
 
 
Travelling from Hebron to Ramallah, the PalFest group crosses Bethlehem Checkpoint
 
     
 
 
 
     
     
     
 
PHILIP PULLMAN
 
 
PalFest Patron, Philip Pullman, sent this message to the festival
 
     
 
 
 
     
     
     
 
DAY 2: AL QUDS UNIVERSITY
 
 

The PalFest group spends the morning working with students at al-Quds University before travelling up to Nablus,
for an evening event in the Ottoman Baths of the Old City

 
     
 
 
 
     
     
         
 
   
 
       ARUNDHATI ROY                                      TERRY JONES
 
     
 
                       
 
     
     
     
 
DAY 1: ARRIVAL
 
 
The group crosses the border from Jordan, are held for 6 hours, but make it in time for the opening night.
 
     
 
 
 
     
     
     
 
2009 Videos
 
 

 

 
     
 
JERUSALEM
 
 
The Israeli army attempts - unsuccessfully - to shut down both the opening and closing nights of the festival:
 
 

 

 
     
     
 
SUHEIR HAMMAD
 
 

Suheir Hammad gives an electric performance at the Sakakini Centre.

 
 

         
 

 

 

 
 
AL KHALIL / HEBRON
 
 

Though its impossible to show to extent of what's happening in al-Khalil / Hebron in a short video - it is a city that is vital to undestanding the occupation. We follow the PalFest group on a tour of the old city.

 
 

 

 
 
PATRONS
 
 

Chinua Achebe and John Berger - two of PalFest's esteemed patrons - sent these moving video messages to the inaugural festival in 2008.

 
 

      

 
     
     
     
 
PalFest 2008
 
 
The 2008 festival was documented by award-winning filmmakers, Perry Ogden and Martina Niland. Here is a five minute promo they've cut for us that gives a little taster of the film they're putting together.
     
 

 

 
   

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