Off Frame aka Revolution until Victory

Off-Rahmen aka Revolution bis zum Sieg

Forum Expanded 2017

“… and for those who suffer from invisibility, the camera would be their weapon.” (Elias Sanbar)
Off Frame aka Revolution Until Victory traces the fragments of a revolution, combining images from a dream for freedom, using films from the Palestinian struggle cinema, a term used for films produced in relation to the Palestinian revolution between 1968 and 1982. For the outside world, these films represented a model of a people engaged in political struggle, explaining why they are fighting and against whom. But for Palestinians these films marked the transformation of their identity: from refugee to freedom fighter.
The Palestinian revolution collaborated with filmmakers, actors, and activists from Syria, Italy, UK, Lebanon, France, Germany, Argentina, and many others, and made partnerships with institutions in Berlin, Moscow, Baghdad, and Cuba. Despite their prolific output, very few of their works remain. The film brings together moments from a selection of these militant films into one timeline. The only coherent relation between all the shots, clips, and sequences is that they all straddle the borders between fiction and propaganda, dream and reality, in order to represent a narrative of a people in struggle.

by Mohanad Yaqubi
with Mustafa Abu Ali, Sulafa Jadallah, Hani Jawaharieh, Yaser Arafat, Jean-Luc Godard, Salah Ta'amari Palestine / France / Qatar 2016 Arabic, English 63’ Colour & Black/White

With

Mustafa Abu Ali
Sulafa Jadallah
Hani Jawaharieh
Yaser Arafat
Jean-Luc Godard
Salah Ta'amari

Crew

Director	Mohanad Yaqubi
Screenplay	Reem Shilleh
Cinematography	Sara Sea
Editing	David Osit
Sound Design	Carl Svensson
Assistant Director	Ramzi Hazboun
Production Manager	Sami Said
Producers	Sami Said, Mohanad Yaqubi, Delphine Landes

World sales

Idioms Film

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Produced by

Idioms Film

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Monkey Bay Productions

http://monkeybay.tv http://monkeybay.tv

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Mohanad Yaqubi

Mohanad Yaqubi, born in 1981 in Kuwait, is a filmmaker and producer and teaches Film Studies at the International Art Academy in Palestine. He is one of the founders of the Ramallah-based production outfit Idioms Film and the research and curatorial collective Subversive Film, which focuses on militant film practices. He has directed and produced several short films, both fiction and documentary, which have been shown in international festivals.

Filmography

2004 Fix; 9 min. · Carnaval; 26 min. 2005 Insomnia; 10 min. 2006 June, 2006; 28 min. 2007 Around; 3 min. · Rico in the Night; 8 min. 2008 Rollescape; 9 min. 2010 EXIT; 10 min. 2013 Al-Jisser; 24 min. 2014 No Exit; 11 min. 2016 On that Day; 4 min. · Off Frame aka Revolution until Victory

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2017