Rethink Rebuild Society invites you to a screening of the film
THE TOWER (2018)
Followed by Q&A with the film director Mats Grorud (on Zoom from Norway)
Runtime: 77 minutes
Certificate: PG. This film is for people of all ages.
Language: English
On: Friday 26 January 2024, 7pm
At: Rethink Rebuild Society, First Floor, Discovery House, Crossley Rd, Levenshulme, Manchester SK4 5BH
Please arrive on time as the screening will start at 7.15pm promptly.
THE FILM
Wardi, an 11-year-old Palestinian girl, lives with her whole family in the refugee camp where she was born. Her beloved great-grandfather Sidi was one of the first people to settle in the camp after being chased from his home back in 1948. The day Sidi gives her the key to his old house back in Galilea, she fears he may have lost hope of someday going home. As she searches for Sidi’s lost hope around the camp, she will collect her family’s testimonies, from one generation to the next.
As we watch the devastating war on Gaza, this film offers an antidote to the decontexualised narrative put forward by the occupation, and takes us back to the beginning in a coherent and beautiful way through the eyes of a young Palestinian girl in a refugee camp.
Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/252178726
MATS GRORUD
Mats is a film director and animator from Norway. He previously directed two short films and has worked as an animator on several feature films, documentaries and music videos. During his childhood, his mother worked as a nurse in refugee camps in Lebanon. In the 1990s, Mats studied at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon while working as an English and Animation teacher in the Burj el Barjaneh refugee camp. Based on the testimonies of the refugees and his experience, he wrote the script for his first-feature film, The Tower.
