Carried by the Wind
Duration: 10’00”. Also available for iPod download.
Directed, Edited and Filmed in the West Bank by Adam Sebire on XDCAM EX 16:9 HD.
Music knows no boundaries. In Bethlehem, Merlijn Twaalfhoven and partners create "Carried by the Wind", a spectacular music performance from atop rooftops and balconies, across the Separation Wall that now divides this holy town.
Uniting 75 professional & amateur musicians from Ramallah and Bethlehem with children from Palestinian West Bank refugee camps, the project culminates in a performance across Israel's Security Fence (also known as the "Segregation Wall" or "West Bank Separation Barrier"), a 700km concrete wall that divides Bethlehem around the area of Rachel's Tomb, at dusk on 17 April 2008. In so doing it reunites former neighbours with music from both sides of the divide. http://www.arabica.nu
SCREENINGS
1 September 2009: Asolo Art Film Festival (Italy)
Winner: PREMIO GIAN FRACESCO MALIPIERO
“For not being just the composition of a good musician, but for being a world cadenced with sounds and voices that dialogue with each other and which, on Palestinian land, brought by the wind, come from the other side of every wall.”
24 November 2009: Movisie Art & Culture Festival, 2009 (Holland)
Winner: BEST OVERSEAS FILM (€1000 prizemoney). The jury said “This is a film that breaks, in a positive way, images and stereotypes created by the media.”
4,6,13 December 2009: Cinema d'Arte - Città di Vicenza, Italy.
29 November to 6 December 2009: Dancing on the Edge Festival (Multiple locations throughout Holland)
8 April 2009: Movies That Matter Festival, Amsterdam/Utrecht/The Hague (Netherlands)
13 March 2009: Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festival (USA)
CREDITS
Carried by the Wind
A music project by Merlijn Twaalfhoven (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Director/Editor/Camera: Adam Sebire (Sydney, Australia)
Production: Gina Asfour (Jerusalem) and La Vie sur Terre
Partners: Sabreen Association for Artistic Development, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre, Centennial Celebration Ramallah Municipality, La Vie sur Terre, Arab Education Institute Open Windows, Al Ruwwaad (Al Rowwad) Cultural Centre (Aida refugee camp) and Khaled Bkir centre for young leadership (Jalazon camp). Supported by Netherlands Fund for Performing Arts
Musicians appearing in the film include Robbert van Hulzen, Noortje Folkertsma, Martin Fondse, Joseph Duqmaq, Toine van Teeffelen, Louis Bohte (rap), Osama the guitarist, John and all the Sabreen percussionists, plus all the refugee children from Aida and Jalazon ... many many thanks to all!
LINKS
Related Film: Symphony for All
Related Film: Echoes Across the Divide
Symphony Arabica site http://www.arabica.nu
Composer's site http://www.twaalfhoven.net
Filmmaker's site http://www.adamsebire.info
Thursday, 17 April 2008
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