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:: BPFF Video Trailer 2008 ::

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October 4th - 12th, 2008
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:: Film Festival 2008 Highlights ::

10 Days :: 7 Venues :: Over 60 Films

:: Museum of Fine Arts :: Harvard Film Archive :: Coolidge Corner Theatre :: Harvard Law School :: Boston College
:: Northeastern University :: Worcester

 

 

 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

:: Nov 20: Jerusalem East Side Story :: Film Screening with Director Mohammed Alatar at the Palestinian Cultural Center for Peace (PCCP)

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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS 2008

:: Festival Schedule: Oct 3-12 ::

:: Oct 3-12: Expressions of Nakba Art Exhibit :: Harvard University

:: Oct 4: Opening Night Film: Slingshot Hip Hop :: Museum of Fine Arts
Director Jackie Salloum present with Hip Hop Performer Abeer

:: Oct 5: Bab Al-Shams Films :: Museum of Fine Arts

:: Oct 8: Palestine Youth Media Shorts :: Harvard Law School

:: Oct 10: Simon Shaheen Trio Concert :: Museum of Fine Arts

:: Oct 11: Michel Khleifi Retrospective :: Museum of Fine Arts
Director Michel Khleifi present at all three screenings

:: Oct 12: Closing Night Film: Salt of this Sea :: Museum of Fine Arts
Director Annemarie Jacir present with Poet-Actress Suheir Hammad


FESTIVAL NEWS & UPDATES

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:: Festival 2008 Highlights :: View over 60 Films Screened

:: Programs at Key Venues: Museum of Fine Arts :: Harvard Film Archive :: Coolidge Corner Theatre

:: May 31, 2008: BPFF Organizers honored with the "Dedication to Activism Through Arts" Award by ADCMA

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PRESS AND MEDIA COVERAGE

:: Nov 11, 2008: Report from the Field: The Boston Palestine Film Festival. By Lauren Folden, NewEnglandFilm.com.

:: Oct 30, 2008: Landscape: Palestine, Venue: Boston. A Nascent Festival Makes a Big Impact. By Rebekah L. Fraser, IMAGINE Magazine.

:: Oct 20, 2008: Weaving together the diverse narratives of Palestinians in exile. By Anna Sussman, The Daily Star.

:: Oct 17, 2008: Festival Displays Palestinian Films. By Meredith S. Steuer, The Harvard Crimson.

:: Sept 28, 2008: Palestine festival's date with history: Focus is expulsion of 60 years ago. By Leslie Brokaw, The Boston Globe.

:: Sept 24, 2008: Radio Interview with Festival Co-founder Salma Abu Ayyash. By Linda Pinkow and Sofia Jarrin, What's Left, WMBR 88.1 FM.

:: Aug 21, 2008: Announcing 2nd Annual Film Festival Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Nakba, BPFF Press Release.

(only 2008 articles shown - more in the Press & Media section)

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