Cinematic Counter-Archives of Palestine: Memory, Erasure, and Resistance
This program centers on the role of film as a counter-archive under conditions of genocide and Israeli apartheid, examining the systematic erasure of Palestinian culture in its many forms. Featuring A Night We Held Between (2024, Noor Abed), letter to a friend (2019, Emily Jacir), Electrical Gaza (2015, Rosalind Nashashibi), and There Was Nothing Here Before (2024, Yvann Yagchi), the screenings at eikones this fall will be followed by discussions with the filmmakers, foregrounding cinema as a space of memory, resistance, and reimagining.

Organized by: David Bucheli (eikones), Aïcha Revellat (eikones), Ute Holl (Media Studies), Falestin Naïli (Near and Middle Eastern Studies), Lorena Rizzo (African Studies), and Peter Burleigh (English Seminar).

With the generous support of eikones – Center for the Theory and History of the Image, Media Studies, swisspeace, African Studies, and Near and Middle Eastern Studies. 

22 October: letter to a friend (2019, 43min). Guest: Emily Jacir, Chair: Aïcha Revellat
13 November: Electrical Gaza (2015, 18min). Guest: Rosalind Nashashibi, Chair: Falestin Naïli
20 November: A Night We Held Between (2024, 30min). Guest: Noor Abed, Chair: Chus Martínez
8 December: Avant, il n’y avait rien / There Was Nothing Here Before (2024, 71min). Guest: Yvann Yagchi, Chair: Ute Holl