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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 13, 2022 · Several Palestinians wrote that the film made them think of the experiences of their elders whose futures, like Farha's, were ripped from beneath their feet without any explanation in 1948.
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.
- 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.
The film, mostly led by a team of women, is produced by Deema Azar and Ayah Jardaneh of TaleBox in Jordan and co-produced by Laika Film & Television and Chimney in Sweden. But bringing the movie to life was a long and challenging process for Sallam, who started writing the film in 2016.
Dec 12, 2022 · “Farha” is based on the experience of a Palestinian girl named Radieh, the film’s Palestinian-Jordanian director Darin J. Sallam told CNN at a film screening on Friday in New York City. Radieh...
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Dec 5, 2022 · Netflix viewers are lavishing praise on the feature film Farha, largely due to its accurate portrayal of the violence experienced by Palestinians during the creation of Israel in 1948.
