The Battle of Empty Stomachs
A short film by Diana Al-Halabi - 2024
Winner of the IFFR RTM Pitch award for production and supported by Mondriaan Fonds artist start.
Synopsis
Based on research and interviews with both Palestinian hunger strikers and asylum seekers, this absurdist yet realist film stages a dialogue between the director and her mother tongue that centers on a single question: what do we know about hunger?
This film is a poetic and musical tribute to those who suffered the aftermath of famine and migration, and to Palestinian hunger strikers whose resistance outlives the deafening silence of the colonial world.
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Produced by:
Revolver: Yara Yuri Safadi, Diana Al-Halabi
Main Cast:
Fernando Troya, Mustafa Kur, Annemarijn Bulsnik, Sophia Haid
Cinematographer:
Pauline Maroun
Music:
Farah Kaddour & Salwa Jaradat
Directed, written, and edited by:
Diana Al-Halabi
© Diana Al-Halabi 2024