“200 Meters” movie, which was screening during ‘Carthage Film Festival’ this week, depicts Palestinian dispersion due to the Israeli wall.
“200 Meters” movie, by Ameen Nayfeh, portrays the daily suffering of a Palestinian family, which has been forcibly dispersed due to the separation fence, built by the Israeli occupation in the West Bank.
The story revolves about married couple from two Palestinian villages, separated by an Israeli wall.
Although the distance between the two villages does not exceed 200 meters, the existence of the wall poses a challenge to them, especially when their son enters the hospital and the father is struggling to reach him.
The idea of the film came out to the public at the time of “normalization agreements”, which the Palestinians consider “treason”, although it was discussed in 2013.
Nayfa did not deny that he was trying to convey a political message, in addition to the artistic work.
“Art in general, and cinema in particular are the remaining weapon of resistance that we rely on to defend the cause,” Nayfeh said.
“I searched for daily details that are missing in Palestinian cinema, which can make a difference away from political philosophy, as well as explaining the history of the Palestinian cause,” he added.
The Palestinian director stressed that the story “reflects the reality of Palestine without exaggeration, stereotypes or propaganda, within the painful strain of normalization.”
Jordan has selected “200 Meters”, as its official entry for the 2021 International Feature Film category of the 93rd Academy Awards (Oscar).
The first screening of the film in Egypt was sold out after the film’s witnessed a high number of Egyptian cinema lovers.
It was among CineGouna SpringBoard’s winning projects in development at the first edition of El Gouna Film Festival, and it won the BNL People’s Choice Award at the 17th Venice Days.
Also, it won five awards at the 4thGFF including the GFF Cinema for Humanity Audience Award and the Fipresci Award.
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