Palestinian Animation Resources
Filed under: Resources, Film, 2000s, 2010s, 3D Animation, animated documentary, Color, Documentary, Educational films, Palestine, Papercut, Stop Motion,
Palestinian Animation Resources
Publication:Vimeo, YouTube
Description
Layaly Badr’s Al-Tariq illa Filastin is an extremely powerful Palestinian film, but it isn’t the only one. We felt that offering up just one animation resource to account for the Palestinian identity in cinema, especially during crimes against humanity in Gaza, would not do such a complex theme proper justice. These additional animation sources provide more takes on the Palestinian experience; happy, sad, and everything in between. We hope you are moved by them as much as we are.
The first 3D animated film to come from Palestine, Fatenah is inspired by the tragic story of Fatma Bargouth. The film follows the journey of Fatenah, a young Palestinian woman from Gaza, whose life suddenly changes after she discovers a lump on her breast. Fatenah must travel to Israel to receive cancer treatment, but she encounters struggles at the border due to the occupation.
Created by women at the Al-Anan Sports Camp in Deir al-Balah, Tent Life is a story of struggle and problem solving. The stop-motion cutout animation follows a group of displaced women from Gaza as they confide in each other, frustrated by the lack of privacy they face living in a camp. They rectify their issues by creating a private women’s tent out of an old car, giving them their well-deserved peace and quiet.
Directed by Khamis Masharawi, Soft Skin is a mini-documentary that follows Palestinian children as they use paper-cut animation to process their trauma and ongoing brutalities in Gaza. The documentary features a combination of both live-action and animated scenes, all of which shed light upon real human stories of pain, suffering, and resilience.