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Farha (Arabic: فرحة, romanized: Farḥa) is a 2021 internationally co-produced historical drama film about a Palestinian girl's coming-of-age experience during the Nakba, the 1948 displacement of Palestinians from their homeland.
Dec 16, 2022 · Farha, the 92-minute film is inspired by the true story of a 14-year-old Palestinian girl, whose village was attacked in 1948 during the war in Palestine. The story revolves around the girl’s father sheltering her in a locked pantry during the outbreak of unrest and assuring her that he will return.
There have been very few accurate portrayals of the Nakba (translates to ‘The Catastrophe’), where more than 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes as a result of the creation of Israel in 1948.
Jan 29, 2023 · Set in 1948 during the formation of the state of Israel, it's the story of a Palestinian girl with big dreams of leaving her small village for the city to further her education, but whose...
- Have You Managed to Track Down Radieh?
- Why Did You Decide to Turn Radieh’S Story Into A Film?
- Can You Tell Me More About The Nakba and The Events That Led Up to It?
- How Has Netflix Been Amid The Backlash?
- Has The Film Been Screened in Israel Or The Palestinian Territories?
- Have You Had Feedback on The Film from Palestinians?
- How Does It Feel to Hear There’S Oscar Buzz For Farha?
I tried to find her so she could watch the film. Unfortunately, I couldn’t because her family moved from where they used to live after the war in Syria began. But during one Q&A session for Farha, somebody from the audience, an old man, stood up and said, “This is the story of my mother.” I thought he was Radieh’s son. Then he said, “No, but my mot...
As a filmmaker, I can’t make any film unless I feel the urge to share the story—especially if the story haunts me, as it did with Farha. There are no movies about this specific time in Palestine. It’s missing in cinema. Many people told me, “why don’t you make it about another country?” And I’ve always said it’s a universal and timeless story that ...
The Nakbais part of who we are and our identity as Palestinians. Again, I’m not a politician. I’m an artist. But what I can say is that my grandparents were forced into exile in 1948; my father was six months old then. They heard about a massacre near them so they took their stuff and left. They were scared for their lives. My grandparents thought ...
Actually, we never even reached out to Netflix after the backlash. They just did the right thing and proceeded to put the film on their platform and, to me, this is real bravery and the support we needed. We have new respect for them.
It screened in Palestine, in Ramallah, Gaza, and Rafah. A day before the film’s release on Netflix, it was screened in a theater in Jaffa and this is where the Israeli government and the media went crazy and started attacking the film, and threatening to cut the theater’s funding for screening it.
Not just Palestinians. The overwhelming amount of beautiful messages that we receive about the film are from all over the world. Some people imagined their daughter in Farha’s place. To me this is what the film is about—it’s a coming of age film about friendship, love, and liberation in the face of loss.
I really hope that the film doesn’t face any injustice. I hope that the film is seen and gets a fair chance at the Oscars. I always say that we don’t live forever but films do. Now the film is in people’s hearts and minds. I hope that it lives forever or generations to come. This interview has been edited for clarity and style.
Farha: Directed by Darin J. Sallam. With Karam Taher, Ashraf Barhom, Ali Suliman, Tala Gammoh. A 14-year-old girl in 1948 Palestine watches from a locked pantry as catastrophe consumes her home.
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Dec 12, 2022 · The Nakba remains a form of intergenerational trauma that follows Palestinians of all ages and backgrounds everywhere – in the diaspora, historic Palestine, the West Bank, and Gaza. Farha premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 14, 2021 and was released on Netflix on Dec. 1, 2022.
