All I Want For Christmas

During the Christmas season in the West Bank, Palestinians apply for permission papers to enter Israel. Their wish is to see the sea. Access to all three, the Dead, Red, and Mediterranean, are annexed under Israeli control. In “All I Want For Christmas,” a refugee camp, Dheisheh, and the Separation Wall, become symbols for the dismalness of the occupation and are juxtaposed to the serenity of the sea.

Screening Ratio: 4:3
Country of Production: Palestine
Year: 2007

SELECTED Screenings
Museum of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, 2007
CinemaEast Film Festival, IFC in New York City, NY, 2007
SPE Multicultural Caucus Video Festival, Denver, CO, 2008 (curated by Carola Dreidemie)
DOKUFEST 2008, Prisren, Kosovo, 2008
1st Video Art Festival, All Art Now Foundation, Damascus, Syria, January 2009
Jordan Short Film Festival, Amman, Jordan (Nov 16-20) 2008
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2008, Greece (Nov 13-24)
Palestinian Film Week, Al-Balad Theater, Amman, Jordan, 2008 (Nov 2-11)

Credits:
Video by: Sama Alshaibi, 2007
Girl Dancer: Amira Habash
Boy: Fadi Mikeal
Voice: Suhair Owdah