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Life is Beautiful, dir Mohamed Jabaly, Norway, Palestine, Qatar 2023, English, Norwegian, Arabic with English subtitles, 93 min.
The young Palestinian director Mohamed Jabaly is visiting a film festival in Tromsø in 2014, when the borders to Gaza close. He finds himself stuck in the arctic winter. Little does he know that it will be seven years before he can see his family again.
Life is Beautiful is a story of overcoming a life put on hold by international politics and rigid
bureaucracy, told from the inside by a director who uses all his creativity to connect with the world and forge a way forward.
The screening will be followed by a live Q&A with director Mohamed Jabaly.
Life is Beautiful is a story of overcoming a life put on hold by international politics and rigid
bureaucracy, told from the inside by a director who uses all his creativity to connect with the world and forge a way forward.
The screening will be followed by a live Q&A with director Mohamed Jabaly.
08:30 pm
Sat, 22 Jun 2024
Cinema 1
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Cinema 1
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