Cinematic Counter-Archives of Palestine: Memory, Erasure, and Resistance

This program centers on the role of film as a counter-archive under conditions of genocide and Israeli apartheid, examining the systematic erasure of Palestinian culture in its many forms. Featuring “A Night We Held Between” (2024, Noor Abed), “letter to a friend” (2019, Emily Jacir), “Electrical Gaza” (2015, Rosalind Nashashibi), and “There Was Nothing Here Before” (2024, Yvann Yagchi), the screenings at eikones this fall will be followed by discussions with the filmmakers, foregrounding cinema as a space of memory, resistance, and reimagining.
With the generous support of eikones – Center for the Theory and History of the Image, Media Studies, swisspeace, African Studies, and Near and Middle Eastern Studies.

Program
22 October 2025: “letter to a friend” (2019, 43 min). Guest: Emily Jacir, Chair: Aïcha Revellat
13 November 2025: “Electrical Gaza” (2015, 18 min). Guest: Rosalind Nashashibi, Chair: Falestin Naïli
20 November 2025: “A Night We Held Between” (2024, 30 min). Guest: Noor Abed, Chair: Chus Martínez
8 December 2025: “Avant, il n’y avait rien / There Was Nothing Here Before” (2024, 71 min). Guest: Yvann Yagchi, Chair: Ute Holl