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In the summer of 1982, the Israeli army invaded Beirut. During this time, it raided the Palestinian Research Center and looted its entire archive. The archive contained historical documents of Palestine, including a collection of still and moving images. Taking this as a premise, 'A Fidai Film' aims to create a counter-narrative to this loss, presenting a form of cinematic sabotage that seeks to reclaim and restore the looted memories of Palestinian history. It’s a poignant exploration of identity, memory, and resistance, told through a unique blend of documentary and experimental filmmaking techniques.
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The cinematographic language of the Berlin-based Palestinian director is recognizable in his treatment of the footage that appear in this film. Using sound effects that accompany some images, he performs an act of sabotage that consists of manipulating and re-editing them to give them a different meaning, sometimes including the same sequences at different times but modifying their context. Using the images looted by the Israeli army in the Palestinian Research Center in Beirut, later hidden, the director returns memory to Palestine by making them public, and undoes what he calls "_cinematic occupation_", reflecting that the act of looting is also a form of denial of History.