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[00:00:00] These festivals may bring back attention to these
[00:00:03] crafts, which perhaps were very present in the past, but
[00:00:07] today there is perhaps a decline in interest in them.
[00:00:10] Hmm, this is an important question. First, just to point
[00:00:14] out that this festival comes under the patronage of His Excellency President
[00:00:18] Abu Mazen, who we explained to him the importance
[00:00:21] of these crafts, and he kindly
[00:00:24] agreed to be the main sponsor
[00:00:27] and host for this festival.
[00:00:31] Frankly, I find that the problem with handicrafts is
[00:00:35] that the methods used in making crafts are still the same old methods,
[00:00:39] without any form
[00:00:41] a department with the orphanage in of modernization or the introduction of some form of partnerships among
[00:00:44] the different crafts.
[00:00:48] and how can we make them an industry that keeps pace
[00:00:51] with modernity? This is the important question. Therefore, we are talking about
[00:00:57] the school prepared a transformative idea in that these handicrafts preserve their authenticity but at the same time
[00:01:00] are presented in a more modern way, meaning that they are marketable
[00:01:04] and promotable, especially in light of the existence of
[00:01:07] many markets that offer some crafts. You know, now
[00:01:11] East Asia, China, and others, and Asia in general, offer
[00:01:15] very many crafts with modern techniques. Therefore,
[00:01:18] how can we make Palestinian crafts preserve their authenticity and enter the market
[00:01:22] strongly and then become a national industry? This is an important question that requires
[00:01:26] large partnerships with private capital. It needs partnerships
[00:01:30] and incubators, including the Arab Construction Project. It needs to have
[00:01:34] networking and interconnectedness among different artisans
[00:01:38] to answer this and needs to have more modern tools. You will find during
[00:01:42] the festival some Palestinian youth who have developed
[00:01:45] these crafts and will present
[00:01:48] amazing things, but they have not had the opportunity to be highlighted.
[00:01:51] Therefore, we have turned to many
[00:01:55] institutions, including most of the world's ambassadors
[00:01:59] and organizations that are involved in that can
[00:02:02] help us promote this craft on a global scale. They will be present at
[00:02:06] the festival. Yes, yes, Mr. Hussam, so
[00:02:09] choosing Jericho to host this festival and this event
[00:02:13] specifically has touristic and also
[00:02:16] economic dimensions. How can the festival contribute to stimulating
[00:02:20] domestic tourism and connecting the visitor with Palestinian
[00:02:24] And we started with products and heritage and boosting economic activity within
[00:02:28] the city? Firstly, the choice of Jericho
[00:02:31] primarily aims to shed light on the Palestinian national identity
[00:02:35] through the fact that heritage constitutes a Palestinian national
[00:02:40] crafts. We have contacted Palestinian communities abroad identity. Crafts constitute a Palestinian national identity, coming from the depths of history.
[00:02:44] Jericho is the oldest Palestinian city and the oldest city in the
[00:02:48] world to this day, and therefore we
[00:02:50] product of Palestinian are talking about the ancient Palestinian heritage that
[00:02:53] is over 5,000 years old and the Palestinian's connection
[00:02:56] to this land. Jericho is the most illustrative
[00:03:00] and most capable on
[00:03:03] a global level to show the importance
[00:03:07] of this place. Secondly, I
[00:03:10] can say that highlighting
[00:03:13] handicrafts and connecting them because Jericho is also connected to the city
[00:03:16] of Jerusalem in one way or another. This connection to
[00:03:20] the city of Jerusalem, which is very close to it, and this historical relationship
[00:03:24] between Jericho and Jerusalem
[00:03:27] segment from also helped in the selection. Thirdly, that Jericho is a tourist
[00:03:31] city, and therefore we are living in difficult
[00:03:34] Cinema Festival in and harsh conditions, and the movement of Palestinians
[00:03:37] is almost due to the Israeli checkpoints
[00:03:40] and occupation barriers that divide the West Bank. There is no
[00:03:43] outlet for people. We tried to create a new outlet.
[00:03:47] Therefore, we sought to have, alongside this heritage
[00:03:51] present on the international stage, festival, also an artistic aspect, meaning that some Palestinian artists will present
[00:03:55] committed segments that entertain the
[00:03:58] Palestinian citizen from one side, in addition to having a special program for children
[00:04:02] also, so that families can enjoy the
[00:04:04] land areas owned by the Arab Construction Project
[00:04:08] are capable of accommodating this number of citizens and are capable
[00:04:11] of providing them with a recreational space
[00:04:15] and also a space related to the Palestinian national industry and highlighting
[00:04:19] of films was selected what we need.
[00:04:21] to be part of this Yes, okay, Mr. Hussam, these
[00:04:23] festival today? First of all, initially, artisans need care, they need
[00:04:25] support. Will this festival perhaps provide
[00:04:29] them with an opportunity to develop these projects and embrace these
[00:04:32] individual works? From our side, as a construction project,
[00:04:36] we have a decision in the board of directors
[00:04:38] standard of good production. of the association to be an incubator for all these projects
[00:04:41] and these crafts and to develop them until they become a national industry.
[00:04:45] Secondly, that all Palestinian artisans, in addition to
[00:04:49] the productive women who present and produce
[00:04:52] some products in small industries, that
[00:04:56] all these matters will be free of charge, meaning that all booths related
[00:05:00] to artisans and productive women are free booths that were held under
[00:05:03] the patronage of a number of Palestinian institutions, whether they were insurance
[00:05:07] companies or banks or some wealthy Palestinian sponsors.
[00:05:10] Therefore, we also went to support and
[00:05:14] contribute through creating this partnership between private capital and official institutions,
[00:05:18] in addition to the various ministries. We have five partner ministries
[00:05:22] in this festival: the Ministry of Industry
[00:05:25] and Economy, Agriculture, Culture, and Tourism.
[00:05:28] Therefore, we are talking about a networking situation between private capital, between
[00:05:31] official institutions, between civil society organizations, in addition to
[00:05:35] having an implementing company Just Pro
[00:05:39] Event, which thankfully offered to implement this
[00:05:42] project only with operating expenses, and the rest
[00:05:46] will be for the benefit of
[00:05:48] the orphanage. Therefore, we also established
[00:05:53] Al-Eizariya specifically to accommodate approximately 300
[00:05:57] children from our beloved Gaza Strip, orphans, if we are able to transfer them. The department is now
[00:06:00] ready, and the land of the construction project will be converted into a vocational
[00:06:04] college where the student completes their high school education in
[00:06:09] for these, and then moves to the college on the land of the construction
[00:06:13] project in the field of also developing these crafts to become also
[00:06:17] an academic program for them and become specialized
[00:06:20] study courses. Yes, so when the festival days end,
[00:06:23] how will you measure the success of this experience,
[00:06:27] and are there clear indicators related to
[00:06:30] the number of projects that will continue after the festival
[00:06:34] ends, and the job opportunities that will be created,
[00:06:37] and the commercial agreements that will be concluded, and the markets
[00:06:41] that will open to the Palestinian
[00:06:44] product that maintains its authenticity? Certainly,
[00:06:47] we have a plan, meaning it is too early
[00:06:51] question, but we have a plan for how to network
[00:06:55] between private capital and Palestinian artisans,
[00:06:58] and how to encourage and promote the adoption of such
[00:07:02] crafts and their entry into the field of national industries. We are working
[00:07:06] hard. We have received more than 250 artisans when
[00:07:09] we announced this festival. We received hundreds of women
[00:07:13] who produce in their homes, and we went to
[00:07:17] the things that are closer, meaning similar. We took
[00:07:20] titles from all these crafts. If there was stone carving, we took
[00:07:24] the most important stone carvers. If there was carving or drawing
[00:07:27] on pottery, we took the most important in that, the most capable of producing
[00:07:31] something distinctive, and similarly for carving on wood.
[00:07:37] this vision, and we put
[00:07:40] everyone who applied to us, and we are studying these
[00:07:44] cases at this stage, leading up to what happens after the festival,
[00:07:48] how the construction project can be an incubator for all these
[00:07:53] who have expressed their full readiness
[00:07:56] to be a national market abroad
[00:07:59] for the Palestinian
[00:08:02] artisans. We wish you all the best, Mr. Hussam,
[00:08:06] and we certainly wish you continued success in such
[00:08:08] festivals. Thank you very much for being with us. Thank
[00:08:12] you. Thank you and thank you for this opportunity
[00:08:15] and for this talk to our people through
[00:08:19] the screen of our beloved Palestine TV. Thank you, thank
[00:08:22] you. So, dear viewers, we move on to our next
[00:08:25] stop, and from Sweden, we talk about the
[00:08:29] Palestinian Cinema Festival in
[00:08:31] Sweden. Let's watch this report by our colleague Rima Al-Amleh, whom
[00:08:35] we missed her stories and reports. She prepared this
[00:08:40] Sweden. Welcome, dear viewers, from the atmosphere
[00:08:43] of the Fourth International
[00:08:46] Sweden, specifically in the city of Malmö.
[00:08:49] We welcome, of course, our great director
[00:08:52] and professor, Muhammad Al-Sahli, who
[00:09:04] and we see how fruitful these efforts are today
[00:09:08] with this gathering that we see, a gathering of
[00:09:10] directors, a gathering of artists.
[00:09:18] Mr. Muhammad, we are talking about a Palestinian cinema festival in
[00:09:22] Malmö. First, and as the artistic director, what are the most important
[00:09:25] artistic and objective criteria
[00:09:29] based on which a collection
[00:09:35] the most important thing for us was that the topic was Palestinian
[00:09:39] or related to Palestine. Palestinian concerns, so there were
[00:09:42] three things we considered. This is the
[00:09:45] first point. Technically, of course, the film had to be of a high
[00:09:51] We are not talking about the budget here. We are talking about the quality of the film, that the film
[00:09:54] has a message, that the film has a goal, that
[00:09:57] the film is made correctly and well,
[00:10:01] because in the end, we want to address a society other
[00:10:05] than our traditional Palestinian society that we know in our countries. We are addressing
[00:10:08] here either an immigrant Arab society and we are addressing the second and third
[00:10:12] generations, or we are addressing Swedish society at the same time.
[00:10:15] So we want to present them with something that proves who
[00:10:18] Palestine is. When we talked about Palestine, we did not include in these
[00:10:22] films that are present in the festival,
[00:10:25] we did not take films that talk about
[00:10:28] victimized Palestine or terrorist Palestine, no.
[00:10:32] We took films that represent Palestine in everything the word
[00:10:35] Palestinian society means. We have those who love, and we have those who hate, and we have those who plot,
[00:10:39] and we have the oppressed, and we have Palestine,
[00:10:43] the human Palestine, the human. Exactly. We want to show that we are
[00:10:46] an existing society, a living society. We have
[00:10:50] everything that exists in other societies, and this was one of
[00:10:53] the most important things we considered when
[00:10:56] we talked about the films and the films we chose. How do you see it today?