Mongolia’s ‘Silent City Driver’ Scoops Tallinn Fest’s Grand Prix as Filmmakers Call for Peace in Gaza and Solidarity
variety.comAnnika Pham The 28th Black Nights Film Festival, known as PÖFF, wrapped Nov. 22 with an awards ceremony in Tallinn where filmmakers took centre stage to ask for the end of war in the Middle East, solidarity with Georgia under Russian influence and the defence of culture.
Oscar-nominated British-Palestinian filmmaker Farah Nabulsi – whose debut feature “The Teacher” scooped the Dennis Davidson Spotlight Award to improve diversity, inclusion and representation in cinema – was the first to take a political stand. “‘The Teacher’ is a film that we shot in militarily occupied and colonized Palestine, in the West Bank a little over two years ago.
Never could I have imagined that the film would arrive at such a crucial juncture in the discourse on Palestine as Israel continues to conduct genocide, the crime of all crimes in Palestine, in Gaza, as we speak.
I really believe cinema has the power to raise the global social consciousness and that this is an award that understands that,” she said.
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