Some strings
Some strings is a video campaign project that brings together filmmakers and artists from around the world to speak out against war and violence in Palestine. So far, more than 100 artists have contributed to the six-hour collection of shorts, which will premiere at the Marseille International Film Festival on June 25, 2024, and will be screened around the world with no date restrictions. The 16th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival is pleased to join the 'Some strings' touring screening program as a show of solidarity against war crimes against humanity. During the festival, the film will be screened in special screening spaces at Camp Greaves and other locations.
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Filmmakers and artists from around the world have come together to form Some strings, an ensemble (not a collective) of unprecedented filmic gestures that together with others, aim at building up a narrative of world events, so that witnesses increase.
“Each memory that is freed is the first step for all memories to gather” (Edouard Glissant). ‘Some strings’ is rooted in that which stains the screens of history: in Palestine, where poet and teacher Refaat Alareer, like so many others beings, was targeted by Israeli strikes and killed along with seven other members of his family. His last poem, If I Must Die, written between earth and sky five weeks before his death, calls for the making of a kite with some strings. ‘Some strings’ inherited his poem, as did each of his reader. The kite, now an object of resistance, and its strings, now in the hands of some one hundred artists, represent a diversity of perspectives on one of the darkest moments of the 21st century.
‘Some strings’ is released as widely as possible, all over the world, in cinemas as part of a pre-show program, in festivals, In a constant move, in a wide variety of spaces, because each one takes it own piece of string.
If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer.
If i must die,
you must live
to tell my story
to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that a child, somewhere in gaza while looking heaven in the eye awaiting his dad who left in a blaze? and bid no one farewell
not even to his flesh
not even to himself?
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above and thinks for a moment an angel is there bringing back love
If i must die
let it bring hope
let it be a tale
Some strings is:
alain gomis, alain kassanda, alexia roux & saad chakali, ali arkady, ali cherri, alice brygo, amel alzakout,amie barouh, anhar salem, anne penders, annik leroy & julie morel, apichatpong weerasethakul, aude fourel, axelle poisson, bahia bencheikh el fegoun, basma al-sharif, baya medhaffar, ben rivers, ben russell, bani khoshnoudi, bo wang, bruce clarke, charlie shackleton, christophe clavert, claire fontaine, collectif hawaf, corinne castel, dalila mahdjoub, dania reymond, daniela ortiz, declan clarke, djamel kerkar, douglas gordon, dora garcía, elena lópez riera & philippe azoury, éléonore weber,ellie ga, eric baudelaire & claire atherton & marius atherton, eva giolo, eyal sivan, fernanda pessoa, francis alÿs, franssou prenant, génesis scarlet valenzuela valdez, ghassan salhab, hassen ferhani, idit nathan, ignacio agüero, ismaïl bahri, jayce salloum, jeremiah mosese, jerónimo atehortúa, jilani saadi, joie estrella horwitz, julie courel, juruna mallon, kamal aljafari, khaled abdulwahed, kiswendsida parfait kaboré, khristine gillard & mohammad hammash & filip momikj, kyoshi sugita, lana daher, laura huertas millán, lav diaz, léandre bernard brunel, lene berg, leos carax, lucie kerr, m’hand abadou djezairi & marcel mrejen, mali arun, maria aparicio, marielle chabal, marwa arsanios, maryam tafakory, mehdi meklat & badroudine saïd abdallah, michaël andrianaly, mira adoumier, misha zavalniy, mitra farahani, mohamed bourouissa, mohanad yaqubi, monica maurer, nadia ghanem, narimane mari, naël khleifi, niles atallah, noma omran & ossama mohammed, newton ifeanyi aduaka, onyeka igwe, pablo sigg, philip rizk, philippe parreno, pierre creton, primo mauridi, raman djafari, renée nader messora & joão salaviza, saif fradj & mahshid mahboubifar, safia benhaim, samir guesmi, sarah beddington, sarah wood, sepideh farsi, serge garcia, sharon lockhart, silvia maglioni & graeme thomson, simplice herman ganou, soumeya ait ahmed & nadir bouhmouch, suneil sanzgiri, tariq teguia, taysir batniji, ugo rodinone, valentin noujaïm, valérie massadian, valérie osouf & cromix onana, victor missud, virgil vernier, wendelien van oldenborgh & cathleen schuster & marcel dickhage (titre provisoire), wiame haddad, wilmarc val, yann gonzales & alain garcia vergara, yannick kergoat, yohei yamakado, yosr gasmi & mauro mazzocchi, youssef chebbi (more strings to come, https://some-strings.org/)