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Notes on Displacement (15*) + Q&A [UK Premiere]

SAFAR

,Cinema 2
A woman sits on a train in a still from the film.

Notes on Displacement takes a deep dive into the fear and disorientation felt by a Syrian family on their gruelling journey to Germany.

Nadira, an elderly Palestinian, has been a refugee since the age of 12. Now she has to evacuate Damascus, too. She and her daughter Mona feared for their lives there, but the idea of a safe existence elsewhere is a distant dream.

Filmmaker Khaled Jarrar receives unsettling videos and voice messages as they cross to the Greek island of Lesbos. He joins them there, on the long road to a new life.

Jarrar has personal reasons for going through this experience in order to eliminate, through his own images, the distance so dominant in Western media coverage.

He worms his way through the thronging crowds, gets lost in the night with his group, discovers how dangerous language barriers can be, and wanders around in the dehumanising camps. And in a sense he—along with the viewer— becomes a true member of this family.

Tagged with: Cinema SAFAR Film Festival 2023

2022, Palestine, Germany, Qatar, dir Khaled Jarrar, 74 min

Arabic with English subtitles

Presented as part of SAFAR Film Festival’s Nakba 75 strand, a selection of films exploring the impact and aftermath of the forced expulsion of over 700,000 Palestinians from their homeland in 1948, and the ongoing reality of life under occupation.

Cinema 2

Location
Barbican Cinema 2 & 3 are located on Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican’s Silk Street entrance. From Silk Street, you’ll see a zebra crossing that will take you across the road to the venue. 

Address
Beech Street
London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
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