Palestine & Me: A storytelling performance with screening of three animated short films

How are the stories from the inside different from what is seen from the outside? Is it possible to see the hidden layers of our conflict? 

In this storytelling performance, writer and director Ahmed Saleh will integrate his artistic responses as chapters of his lived experiences in Palestine.

House (4 min)
For generations, a family lived in a spacious, beautiful and generous house. The generosity of the house had become part of their life. Guests were always welcome to enjoy a pleasant stay. Until one guest arrived with a different plan in mind.

Ayny (11 min)
Two young boys run away from their mother’s protection and slackline on the danger of war to play music with the instrument they always dreamt to have.

Night (16 min)
The dust of war keeps the eyes sleepless. Night brings peace and sleep to all the people in the broken town. Only the eyes of the mother of the missing child stay resilient. Night has to trick her into sleeping to save her soul.

Organised by MA Arts Pedagogy and Practice.

About the speaker:

Ahmad Saleh is an Academy Award-winning writer and director. He started writing stories during his engineering studies in the West Bank. Winning a young writers award in Palestine encouraged Ahmad to leave engineering and pursue a career in filmmaking instead. His debut film House (2012) won a silver at the German Short Film Awards, and his second film Ayny (2016) won a Golden Medal at the Student Academy Awards. His third short film Night had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival.