Twin Cities Arab Film Festival Free Outdoor Screening: Divine Intervention

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19th Arab Film Festival

Thursday, September 25 at 8:00 PM • OUTDOOR SCREENING: UNDER THE 3RD AVENUE BRIDGE (across from The Main Cinema)

**In case of rain, this screening will move indoors and take place in theater three at The Main Cinema.**

7:00 PM: Join us before the film for bites from the Baba’s Hummus food truck and Mi’aawaa Bakery, wine (Batroun Mountain Wines) and beer (Dual Citizen) for a suggested donation. Plus tunes from the fab DJ Jacques! RSVP here.

ABOUT THE FILM

A love story takes place between a Palestinian man living in Jerusalem and a Palestinian woman from Ramallah. The man, ES, shifts between his ailing father and his love life, trying to keep both alive. Because of the political situation, the woman’s freedom of movement ends at the Israeli army checkpoint between the two cities. Barred from crossing, the lovers’ intimate encounters take place on a deserted lot right beside the checkpoint. The lovers are unable to exempt reality from occupation. They are unable to preserve their intimacy in the face of a siege. A complicity of solemn desire begins to generate violent repercussions and against the odds, their angry hearts counter-attack with spasms of spectacular fantasy.

FILMMAKER BIO

Elia Suleiman (b. 1960), is a Palestinian actor and filmmaker both in Nazareth, Palestine. Suleiman is most well-known for his 2002 film, Divine Intervention, a surreal comedy and modern tragedy about the Israeli occupation of Palestine, which has a specific focus on daily life. In 2002, Divine Intervention won the Jury Prize at the Festival de Cannes and the Best Foreign Film Prize at the European Awards. His other award-winning films include Chronicle of a Disappearance (2009), The Time that Remains (2009), It Must Be Heaven (2019). Often compared to Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton, Suleiman handles burlesque and sobriety with the same poetic sense.

PRESENTED BY MIZNA

Mizna is a critical platform for contemporary literature, film, art, and cultural production centering the work of Arab and Southwest Asian and North African artists. For more than 25 years, Mizna has been creating a decolonized cultural space to reflect the expansiveness of our community and to foster exchange, examine ideas, and engage audiences in meaningful art.