Kamal Aljafari
Kamal Aljafari | |
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| كمال جعفري، كمال الجعفري | |
| Born | 1972 |
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| Known for | Documenting the collective memory of the Palestinian people through archival cinema. |
| Website | Kamal Aljafari |
Kamal Aljafari - also written Kamal Jafari (Arabic: كمال جعفري، كمال الجعفري ), born 1972 in Ramla, is a Palestinian filmmaker and visual artist. He is the most prolific and innovative Palestinian filmmaker working today. His work has been shown at film festivals such as the Berlinale, Locarno, Viennale and Rotterdam. and museums such as the MoMA and Tate Modern.[1][2] He graduated from the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne.[3]
Career
[edit]In 2004 he received the Friedrich Vordemberge Stipendium of the city of Cologne, 2005 Stipendium der Stiftung Kunstfonds, 2005-2006 Imhoff-Stiftung Studio Stipendium at the Kölnischer Kunstverein,[4] and an award from the Sundance Documentary Fund in 2007.[4] In 2009, he was a featured artist at the 2009 Robert Flaherty Film seminar in New York.[5] Through 2009-2010 he was the Benjamin White Whitney fellow at Harvard University.[6]
He has held teaching positions at The New School in New York. 2011–2013 and at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin.[7] He was awarded a Film Study Center-Radcliffe Fellowship at Harvard University[8] and was fellow of the Camargo Foundation in Cassis.[8]
In 2021 he was jury member for Leopard of tomorrow section of 74th Locarno Film Festival, and for Burning Lights Competition of Visions du Réel, Nyon.[9] In 2021 Olhar de Cinema – Curitiba International Film Festival in Brazil devoted its Focus Section on the work of Kamal Aljafari.[10] Paradiso, XXXI, 108 was premiered in 2022 at the 75th Locarno Film Festival.[11] His installationThe camera of the Dispossessed was shown at the 35th São Paulo Art Biennial in 2023.[3]
A Fidai Film, a feature film investigating the looting of Palestinian films in Beirut in 1982 by Israeli forces, was premiered at Visions du Reel and won best film award Burning lights competition 2024.[12] It has won over 10 awards since then, two awards at FIDMarseille International Film Festival GNCR/CINÉ+ DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT PRIZE - RENAUD VICTOR PRIZE 2024.[13]
In 2024 the short UNDR received the Best EXiS Award at the Experimental Film & Video Festival in Seoul.[14]
Filmography
[edit]- 2003 Visit Iraq (Director/Writer/Editor/Producer) short[15]
- 2006 The Roof (Director/Writer/Editor/Producer)[16]
- 2007 Balconies (Director/Writer/Producer) short[17]
- 2009 Port of Memory (Director/Writer)[18]
- 2015 Recollection (Director/Writer/Editor/Cinematographer/Producer)[2]
- 2019 It’s a Long Way from Amphioxus (Director/Writer/Editor/Producer) short[19]
- 2020 An Unusual Summer (Director/Writer/Editor/Producer) [20]
- 2022 Paradiso, XXXI, 108 (Director/Writer/Producer) short[21]
- 2024 A Fidai Film (Director/Writer/Editor/Producer)[22]
- 2024 UNDR short[23]
Awards and honors
[edit]- Visual Arts Award from the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (2004, won).[6]
- Stipendium der Stiftung Kunstfonds 2004.[4]
- Best Soundtrack at the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film in France (2007, won - The Roof).[24]
- Best International On Screen Award at the Images Festival in Toronto (2008, won - The Roof).[24]
- Jury member for International Documentary Program of 34th Torino Film Festival 2016.[25]
- Best film 10th Lanzarote Film Festival Spain 2020 (2020, won - "An Anusual Summer").[26]
- Jury prize 40th Filmmaker Festival Milan 2020 (2020, won - "An Anusual Summer").[27]
- Jury member for Burning Lights Competition of Visions du Réel, Nyon 2021.[28]
- Jury member for Leopard of tomorrow section of 74th Locarno Film Festival in August 2021.[29]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kamal Aljafari | The Cinematheque". thecinematheque.ca. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- ^ a b Lee, Shimrit (2016-03-07). "Reclaiming Phantoms in Kamal Aljafari's "Recollection"". Warscapes Magazine. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- ^ a b Career of Kamal Aljafari Retrieved 2025-04-04.
- ^ a b c Biography of Kamal Aljafari Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ At the 2009 Robert Flaherty Film seminar Retrieved 2025-04-04.
- ^ a b Himada, Nasrin (September 28, 2010). "This Place They Dried From The Sea: An Interview with Kamal Aljafari". Montréal Serai. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- ^ "dffb › blog". www.dffb.de. Archived from the original on 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- ^ a b "An Evening with Kamal Aljafari - Harvard Film Archive". hcl.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-06-04. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- ^ Kamal’s web page Retrieved 2025-04-04.
- ^ "Focus - Kamal Aljafari". September 2021.
- ^ Award Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
- ^ Burning Lights Competition Award Retrieved 2025-04-04.
- ^ Renaud Victor Award Retrieved 2025-04-04.
- ^ ex-now Award Retrieved 2025-04-04.
- ^ Visit Iraq at IMDb Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ Tedone, Gaia (March 28, 2012). "Kamal Aljafari: Inhabiting Gestures (review)". Afterall. Archived from the original on 2019-08-05. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- ^ Balconies Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ webadmin. "Kamal Aljafari's Port of Memory | Filmmaker Magazine". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- ^ It's a Long Way from Amphioxus at IMDb Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ An Unusual Summer at IMDb Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ Paradiso, XXXI, 108 at IMDb Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ Kamal Aljafari at IMDb.
- ^ UNDR at IMDb Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ a b ""Visit Iraq" (2003) and "The Roof" (2006)". The Middle East Center at Penn. Archived from the original on 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- ^ Jury member 34th Torino Film Festival 2016 Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ Best film 10th Lanzarote Film Festival Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ Jury prize 40th Filmmaker Festival Milan Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ Jury member du Réel, Nyon Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ "74th Locarno Film Festival (Concorso Internazionale: Jury)". Locarno Film Festival. July 3, 2021. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
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