SYNOPSIS
For most of us, our identity is taken for granted - who we are, where we come from, and what we are is rarely questioned. Not for the Palestinians who are constantly required to show proof of identity, while their existence as native inhabitants of a land that no longer exists is perpetually denied or challenged.
A World Not Ours is an intimate, and often humorous, portrait of three generations of exiles in the refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh, in southern Lebanon. Based on a wealth of personal recordings, family archives, and historical footage, the film is a sensitive and illuminating study of belonging, friendship, and family. Filmed over more than 20 years by multiple generations of the same family, A World Not Ours is more than just a family portrait; it is an attempt to record what is being forgotten, and mark what should not be erased from collective memory.
Awards
Peace Film Award | Berlinale, Germany, 2013
CAST & CREW
Mahdi Fleifel
Director
Producer(s)
Patrick Campbell
Script
Mahdi Fleifel
Director of Photography
Mahdi Fleifel
Sound
Zhe Wu
Cast
Mahdi, Abu Iyad, Abu Osama, Said
Production company(ies)
Nabka Filmworks
Mahdi Fleifel
Born 1979, Dubai, UAE. Fleifel is a Palestinian filmmaker and visual artist based in London. He was born in Dubai, raised in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon and later in the suburbs of Elsinore, Denmark. He graduated from the British National Film and Television School in 2009. His short films have screened at more than a hundred festivals around the world and have won many best film awards. A World Not Ours is his first feature film.
Filmography
Arafat & I (2008, short,) , 4 Weeks (2009, short), A World Not Ours (2012, doc.).
