Series on the “Arab Mediterranean” at the Embajadores Cinemas
For yet another year, Casa Árabe is collaborating with the Cines Embajadores to organize this film series. This fourth edition is devoted entirely to Palestine. At the end of each screening, there will be a discussion with an expert. Purchase your ticket now.
June 01, 2025
MADRID Y SANTANDER
The schedule of screenings and colloquiums is as follows:
Thursday, June 5
No Other Land, by Basel Adra, Mahdan Ballal, Racher Szor, Yuval Abraham (Palestine, 2024, 95 min.)
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, in the West Bank, has been fighting against the mass expulsion of his community by the Israeli authorities since childhood. He has documented the slow-motion eradication of villages in his home region, where soldiers deployed by the Israeli government gradually demolish houses and expel their inhabitants. At one point, he meets Yuval, an Israeli journalist, who supports him in his efforts. An unlikely alliance develops. However, the relationship between the two is strained by the enormous inequality which divides them: Basel lives under military occupation while Yuval lives freely without any restrictions.
Colloquium with Majed Dibsi, a Palestinian journalist and analyst.
Thursday, June 12
Farha, by Darin J Sallam (Jordan, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, 2021, 92 min.)
“Farha” tells the story of the Nakba from the point of view of a Palestinian teenager who locks herself in a shed to escape the violence in the streets for hours. At a historic moment when thousands of Arabs were expelled from their land by the State of Israel, the conflict has lasted to the present day.
Colloquium with Amal Abu Warda, a professor at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Thursday, June 19
Lemon Tree, by Eran Riklis (Israel, 2008, 106 min.)
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict serves as the backdrop for this drama. Salma, a Palestinian widow, enters into a dispute with the Israeli Defense Minister. His house sits on the Israeli-Palestinian border, adjacent to her lemon grove. When the authorities decide that the trees must be cut down because they pose a threat to the Defense Minister and his family, Salma decides to wage a legal battle to save her lemon trees.
Colloquium with Shereen Dajani, a journalist for Radio Exterior de España.
Tuesday, June 24
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem, by Muayad Alayan (Palestine, 2018, 127 min.)
Drama about the adulterous relationship between Sarah, an Israeli woman who runs a café in West Jerusalem, and Saleem, a Palestinian from East Jerusalem who works as a delivery boy. Their spouses become aware of their partners’ affair when Saleem and Sarah get into a fight in public, putting Saleem in the crosshairs of Israel’s security forces.
Colloquium with Laila Hotait, filmmaker.
Thursday, July 3
Omar, by Hany Abu Assad (Palestine, 2013, 98 min.)
Omar is a young Palestinian who has grown used to dodging the bullets shot by troops guarding the wall along the occupied territories whenever he visits Nadia, his secret love. However, when he is captured one day after an act of resistance, a deadly game of cat and mouse begins with the military police. Suspicion and betrayal jeopardize his relationship with two childhood friends, Amjad and Nadia’s brother Tarek. Omar’s feelings end up as divided as Palestine, even though all his actions are guided by his love for Nadia.
Colloquium with Karim Hauser, Casa Árabe’s Culture Coordinator.
The film series is being held at the same time at the Cines Embajadores in Santander, on the following dates:
Tuesday, June 3: No Other Land
Tuesday, June 10: Farha
Tuesday, June 17: Lemon Tree
Tuesday, June 24: The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
Tuesday, July 1: Omar
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