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Netflix to air Jordanian film ‘Farha’
Story depicts Israeli atrocities against Palestinians in 1948
Jordan News
last updated:
Dec 01,2022
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AMMAN —
“Farha”, a Jordanian survival thriller directed by Darin J. Sallam, will be
available on Netflix starting Thursday. اضافة اعلان
The narrative
film, which tells the story Palestinian girl whose village comes under attack
by Israeli occupation forces in 1948, is Jordan’s official Oscars entry to the
95th Academy Awards International Feature Film category for 2023.
Netflix’s
decision to air the film has stirred anger from Israeli officials, namely
Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s right-wing finance minister.
Lieberman
suggested withdrawing state funding from a theatre in Jaffa that plans to show
the film.
1/6 Zionists are having a meltdown because of "Farha" - a film that depicts the story of a Palestinian girl during the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine. The girl witnesses the depopulation of her village & the murder of a Palestinian family including children.
“It’s crazy that
Netflix decided to stream a movie whose whole purpose is to create a false
pretense and incite against Israeli soldiers,” Lieberman said in a statement
carried by AFP.
Sallam, the
film’s director, however, stated that the film is based on a true story.
The film was
featured in the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival and according to the
festival’s website, Sallam has an MFA from the Red Sea Institute of Cinematic
Arts.
“Farha” is not
the first film to stir controversy over Israeli atrocities in 1948, when more
than 760,000 Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes.
Most recently,
Israeli director Alon Schwarz faced widespread backlash over his 2022 documentary
on the massacre of Palestinians in Tantura, a coastal Mediterranean village in
the northwest of what is now Israel.