What sort of implications and what kind of thoughts could be triggered merely by signing an online petition for the cultural boycott of Israel? Should Radiohead appear at their scheduled Tel Aviv gig or should they support the boycott? A telephone conversation between two friends – only voices, no faces at all – brings up a series of thorny issues. A Danish-Palestinian director investigates the effectiveness of today’s political actions, tests the boundaries between art and activism, and embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
I Signed the Petition
I Signed the Petition
21st TDF: Greek Premiere
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- Direction: Mahdi Fleifel
- Cinematography: Mahdi Fleifel
- Editing: Michael Aaglund
- Sound: Dario Swade
- Production: Nakba Filmworks, La Distributrice de Films
- Producers: Mahdi Fleifel, Patrick Campbell
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland
- Production Year: 2018
- Duration: 11΄
- Contact: Nakaba Filmworks, info@ladistributrice.ca
- Awards/Distinctions: (selection) Best Short Documentary – IDFA 2018 Golden Mikeldi – Bilbao Int'l Festival of Documentary and Short Films 2018 Best Short Film, Young Audience Jury Award Best Short Film – Nyon Visions du Réel 2018 Prix UIP Sarajevo European Short Film – Sarajevo FF 2018
Mahdi Fleifel
Mahdi Fleifel is a Danish-Palestinian film director who graduated in 2009 from the UK National Film & TV School. In 2010 he set up the London-based production company Nakba FilmWorks with Irish producer Patrick Campbell. His debut feature documentary, A World Not Ours (2012), premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and picked up over 30 awards, including the Peace Film Prize and the Panorama Audience Award at the 2013 Berlinale and the Edinburgh, Yamagata and DOC:NYC Grand Jury Prizes. Mahdi’s 2016 short film, A Man Returned, won the Silver Bear and the European Film Nomination at the Berlinale and his latest film, A Drowning Man, formed part of the Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival 2017 and was nominated for a BAFTA award. His fiction feature film debut, a co-production of UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Greece (Homemade Films), Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Palestine, To A Land Unknown had its world premiere at the 2024 Quinzaine des Cinéastes in Cannes to rave reviews and is currently screening in festivals and theatres around the world.
Filmography
2012 A World Not Ours (doc)
2013 Xenos (short)
2015 20 Handshakes for Peace (short)
2016 A Man Returned (short)
2017 A Drowning Man (short)
2018 I Signed The Petition (short)
2020 3 Logical Exits (short)
2023 Elefsina Notre Amour (short)
2024 To a Land Unknown
2013 Xenos (short)
2015 20 Handshakes for Peace (short)
2016 A Man Returned (short)
2017 A Drowning Man (short)
2018 I Signed The Petition (short)
2020 3 Logical Exits (short)
2023 Elefsina Notre Amour (short)
2024 To a Land Unknown
