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MOVIE NIGHT #33
Ma‘aloul celebrates its destruction (1984)
by
Michel Khleifi

10.11.2026
7pm

Abteilung Angewandte Fotografie
OKP - Schwanzer Trakt, 4. Stock/Stiege 2
Universität für Angewandte Kunst
Oskar-Kokoschka Platz 2, 1010 Wien


Synopsis:
For many years, the first inhabitants of Ma’loul, a Palestinian village in Galilee destroyed by Israel after the 1948 war, were only authorised to return to their former village once a year, on Israeli Independence Day. The film follows them on that day, revealing a world of painful memories and the villagers’ determination to cling to their ancestral land. The village elders remember their customs and former properties, whilst the young are eager to savour their forbidden heritage. Between these scenes, we see a teacher in a Palestinian classroom explaining to his students the history of Palestine, the Holocaust and the creation of Israel.


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MOVIE NIGHTS is a screening series for a transdisciplinary exchange, that was initiated to oppose the persistent silence about the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Starting each time from one film we open the space for conversations about the relations between production of images and their conditions, involving modes of narration, authorship, history, politics and effects on society. We watch fiction, documentaries, movies and television productions focusing on filmmakers with antizionist and liberatory practices.

MOVIE NIGHTS are hosted and organized by the sections Applied Photography, Art and Communication Practices, Klasse für Alle, Philosophy, and Transcultural Studies at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.



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