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Dolphin Studio Calendar - 1999

'Taste of Cherry' (dir. by Abbas Kiarostami) [1997]

Cinematography by Hélène Louvart

Salvaged from the ruins of Beirut after 1982, Abu Ali's early film has only recently been made available. Shooting under extraordinary conditions, the director, who worked with Godard on his Ici et Ailleurs (Here and Elsewhere), and founded the PLO's film division, covers conditions in Lebanon's refugee camps, the effects of Israeli bombardments, and the lives of guerrillas in training camps. They Do Not Exist is a stylistically unique work which demonstrates the intersection between the political and the aesthetic. Now recognised as a cornerstone in the development of Palestinian cinema, the film only received its Palestine premiere in 2003, when a group of Palestinian artists "smuggled" the director to a makeshift cinema in his hometown of Jerusalem (into which Israel bars his entry). Abu Ali, who saw his film for the first time in 20 years at this clandestine event noted: "We used to say 'Art for the Struggle', now it's 'Struggle for the Art'"

Ici et Ailleurs, Jean-Luc Godard, 1976

Let women speak. Edinburgh Pride, 2025.

I Am Not Your Negro, dir. Raoul Peck (2016) (via lunamonchtuna)

Anaïs Nin, from a diary entry featured in Trapeze: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1947-1955

Kate Bush performing in Japan, 1978

Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami

kate bush featured on top pop (tv), march 1978 ꩜

Amabilność VI, 2008

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