letter to a friend

Forum Expanded 2020

A close friend is asked to start an investigation before an inevitable act occurs. Interlacing images, textures, movements, traces, and sounds from over a century, letter to a friend recounts in minute detail a home and street in Bethlehem.

by Emily Jacir Palestine 2019 English 43’ Colour Documentary form

Crew

Director	Emily Jacir
Cinematography	Emily Jacir
Montage	Emily Jacir
Sound Design	Emily Jacir
Sound Mixing	Firas Mukarkar
Animation	Ahmad Habash
Production Manager	Emily Jacir
Producer	Emily Jacir
Executive Producer	Emily Jacir
Commissioned by	Fisher Center at Bard

Produced by

Emily Jacir

Emily Jacir

Emily Jacir, born in 1972 in Bethlehem, West Bank, is an artist and filmmaker who is primarily concerned with transformation, questions of translation, resistance, and silenced historical narratives. Her work investigates personal and collective movement through public space and its implications on the physical and social experience of trans-Mediterranean space and time. She is the recipient of several awards. Her works have been shown all over the world in solo and group exhibitions. She is the Founding Director of Dar Yusuf Nasri Jacir for Art and Research in Bethlehem. She is based between Ramallah and Rome.

Filmography

1999 15 Palestinian Minutes in Palistine; 15 min. 2002 from Texas with love; 60 min. · Crossing Surda (a record of going to and from work);; 132 min. · Annual Israeli Day Parade, New York City May 5; 3 min. 2003 a sketch in the Egyptian Museum, April 24, 2003; 1 min. · ENTRY DENIED (a concert in Jerusalem);; 105 min. · Nothing Will Happen (eight normal Saturdays in Linz); 20 min. 2004 Ramallah/New York; 38 min. 2009 Lydda Airport; 5 min. 2014 Tal al Zaatar; 60 min. 2017 Notes for a Cannon; 17 min. 2019 letter to a friend; 43 min.

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020