- event type:WOMEX 25 Film Library
- date:23 Oct 2025 - 25 Oct 2025
- time:11:00 - 17:00
- city/area:Tampere
- venue:Film Library, Tampere Hall, Sopraano
- country:Finland
- event posted by:Piranha Arts
Directed by Lamees Almakkawy
Duration 37:02’ | Arabic, English with English subtitles
To dance is to remember, to dance is to remind. As the Palestinian identity continues to be threatened with erasure, Palestinians turn to their folk dance, the dabke, as an homage to their history and culture, and to assert their existence. Dancing Palestine is a documentation of this embodiment of collective memory, as those who piece together a dabke choreography piece together their identities, too.
Lamees Almakkawy’s interests lie in the intersection of documentary and fiction filmmaking, with a focus on identity, performance, collective and individual memory, and coming-of-age stories. Her films have screened at festivals including Open City Documentary Festival, Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Sheffield DocFest, DokuFest, BlackStar Film Festival, and Woodstock Film Festival. Her latest film, Dancing Palestine, received a Special Mention at Sheffield DocFest 2024.
Production Country, Year United Kingdom, Palestine, 2024
Producer/Editor Lamees Almakkawy
Cinematographers Lamees Almakkawy, Grace Long Yung Yu, Ang Li, Keran Zhou, Simon Emilio Gutierrez, Daer Ding, Yash Zhang
Sound Design Lamees Almakkawy
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