A skate / Palestine event with a double bill of short films, stalls, live and DJ sets.
Featuring EXIST, following Palestine’s first Olympic skateboarder Aram Sabbah as he wrestles with leaving a homeland in turmoil to send a message of resilience, resistance, and hope. EXIST has had international acclaim, recently winning ‘Best Short Documentary’ at Stockholm Independent Film Festival. Aram never intended to qualify for the Olympics. His objective was not to compete but to send a message —a message of resilience, of resistance, and of hope. The war may try to silence and even erase Palestine. Aram wants to use his skateboard to show the world that Palestinians have a place in this world. That they exist beyond media headlines and nameless statistics.
Epicly Palestine’d: The Birth of Skateboarding in the West Bank the beginnings of everyone’s favourite skate NGO, Skatepal. Filmed largely on mobile phones by two Skatepal volunteers who spontaneously decided to record the flourishing young skate scene in a country where you can’t even buy a skateboard – all while living under military occupation.
Stalls with merch and info run through the night with a live set from Yemeni sound artist Intibint, and DJ set from Nihal.
Running time:
120 mins