Filmmakers and artists from around the world have formed Some strings, an ensemble of unreleased filmic gestures that, along with others, tell the story of the events that occur in the world, so that witnesses increase. “Each memory that is freed is the first step for all memories to gather” (Edouard Glissant).

Some strings is rooted in that which stains the screens of history: in Palestine, where poet and teacher Refaat Alareer, like so many others beings, was targeted by Israeli strikes and killed along with seven other members of his family.

His last poem, “If I Must Die”, written between earth and sky five weeks before his death, calls for the making of a kite with some strings. Some strings is the legacy of such call, as did each of his readers inherits it as well. The kite, now an object of resistance, and its strings, now in the hands of some one hundred artists, represent a diversity of perspectives on one of the darkest moments of the 21st century.

Some strings is released as widely as possible, all over the world, in theaters as part of a pre-show program, in festivals, also in a row, in a wide variety of spaces, because everyone take it own piece of string.

if i must die,
you must live
to tell my story
to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that a child, somewhere in gaza while looking heaven in the eye awaiting his dad who left in a blaze— and bid no one farewell
not even to his flesh
not even to himself—
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above and thinks for a moment an angel is there bringing back love
if i must die
let it bring hope
let it be a tale

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UPCOMING SCHEDULES

CINEMA SPOUTNIK Geneva / ongoing (all films in pre-program - no date limit)
FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINEMA Montreal / october 9 to 20 (All films on loop at the Cinémathèque)
CINEMAS DIFFERENTS et EXPERIMENTAUX Paris / october 13 to 20 (pre-program)
DOCLISBOA Lisbon / Opening Culturgest / october 19th at 14h00 (one program)
CASA DE COMUN Lisbon / october 23rd to 25th from 15h to 17h / as part of Doclisboa (full program)
LE CINÉMATOGRAPHE Lausane /october 24 (2 hours program)
VIDEODROME 2 Marseille / october/november (program to be announced)
DOCUMENTAIRE SUR GRAND ECRAN Saint Denis / November 3 at 6pm at Cinéma L'ECRAN (30')
FESTIVAL DU MONDE ARABE Montreal / november 6-10 & 18 (full program followed by discussion)
FESTIVAL DES 3 CONTINENTS Nantes / november 15 to 23 (1h20 program)
TOKYO FILMeX / december 2 (full program at Athénée Français Cultural Center)
BOGOSHORTS Bogota / December 3 to 10 (2 hours program)
OJO AL CINE FESTIVAL Bogota and several Colombian cities (full programm)
MAUI FOR PALESTINE Hawaii / (program to be announced)
LA GRENZE Strasbourg / (program to be announced)
FILMMAKERS 4 PALESTINE GREECE / Athens (program to be announced)
ASSOCIATION ZABARRA Palerme / (program to be announced)
LA BANTITA Palerme / (program to be announced)
ERG - École de recherche graphique Bruxelles / (program to be announced)
Further venues will be announced in the coming months in London, NYC, Madrid, California, Berwick, Paris, Melbourne, Milan, Porto Vecchio, Montreal, Dharamshala ...

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SCREENINGS CONTINUING SINCE JUNE 25

ZUMZEIG Barcelone / from july 12 (pre-programmed in the theater)
LA COMPAGNIE Marseille / Special programs
CINEMA GALERIES Bruxelles / Special programs
LES ATELIERS SAUVAGES Alger / Special programs

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PAST PROJECTIONS

JAOU TUNIS contemporary art festival (we had to cancel the screening)
CANCELED AGAIN // UNDERDOX Munich / october 14 at 19h Werkstattkino CANCELED AGAIN
FIFIB - Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux / October 9 (one program)
DMZ DOCS Gyeonggi-do, Korea/ september 26 to october 02 (exhibition 6 programs)
REVUE LIBERTÉ Montréal / october 2 at 6pm Librairie N’était-ce pas l’été (1h program)
ARTCITE Montréal / september 28 / 7pm-8.30pm (1h program)
RCB - Rencontres cinématographiques de Bejaia / september 24 to 29 (pre-program)
MASAHAT FESTIVAL Oslo / september 22 / Cinéma Vega (30'program)
CINEMA BIO in collaboration with the FIFDH festival Carouge / september 19 (1:30 program)
RAUMERWERWEITERUNGSHALLE Berlin / 2 september (full program)
WERKSTATT KINO Munich / mid-July, program to be announced) / Cancelled
LE 18 Marrackech / july 27 (1 hour programs and talks - 20h30-22h30)
LAGO FILM FEST Lago / july 27 to 29 (3 long programs)
CINEMADART Tunis / from july 19  (1 hour programs)
ZUMZEIG Barcelone / from july 12 (pre-programmed in the theater) / Back in september
LA PARCHEMINERIE Festival Obskura Rennes / july 4 to 6 (exhibition 5 programs)
FESTIVAL OBSKURA 04 Rennes / july 3 to 7
CAMP AL-SUMUD Pro-Palestinian encampment Montréal / Dismantling by the authorities
TY FILMS Mellionnec / from june 27 to 30 (6-film short program)
LES ATELIERS SAUVAGES Alger / from june 25
CINEMA GALERIES Bruxelles / from june 26 (exhibition of all films pre-programmed in the theater)
FID Marseille / june 25 to 30 (films pre-programmed in theaters)
LA COMPAGNIE Marseille / june 25 to 30 (exhibition 5 programs)