The films of the Palestine Liberation Organization Media Unit, which were supposed to represent a self-determined image of Palestinian reality, "disappeared" during the Israeli invasion of Beirut in 1982. In this "road movie" from Palestine to Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon, director Azza el-Hassan follows contradictory and confusing clues as to the whereabouts of the lost archive. Though Azza's search for the lost films leads her down various dead ends, she is confronted with new clues and starts to construct her own story.


by Azza el-Hassan. Palestine/Germany, 2004. 62 min



Writer: Azza el-Hassan
Producer: Meike Martens, Heino Deckert
Cinematographers: Pascale Granel, Marc Lambert, Azza el-Hassan
Editors: Gladys Joujou, Octavio Iturte, Philip Scheffner
Sound: Moncef Taleb, Hanna Abu She'deh, Ibrahim Shishani
Music: Philip Scheffner, Lili Boniche, Rabih Abou-Khalil

Print Source:
Deckert Distribution


FESTIVALS / AWARDS

2005 | CinemaEast Film Festival | November 4-10, 2005 | www.arteeast.org/cinemaeast/filmfest_05/fest05-films/iraqweneverparted.html |
* Selection

2005 | It's All True Int. Documentary Film Festival Rio de Janeiro / Sao Paulo | SAO PAULO, Brazil
* Selection

2004 | Seoul Independent Documentary Film Festival | SEOUL, Corea
* Selection