Cinema Jenin: The Story of a Dream
Released: June 28, 2012Runtime: 95 minLanguage: DE
Cinema Jenin follows an ambitious initiative to re-open a previously abandoned cinema in the West Bank city of Jenin. Founded in the 1960s, it was once the largest cinema in Palestine, today it stands as a hollow echo of its society. Re-building the cinema, Germans and Palestinians come together evoking often comedic but always political and cultural ramifacations. Cinema Jenin witnessed an intimate, nuanced and textured view into the city and its domestic affairs as well as the journey of a dedicated, loyal, often conflicted group of people who hope that the re-building of the cinema will be a bridge to peace, freedom and Palestinian self-empowerment.
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Marcus Vetter
as Self
Ismael Khatib
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Fakhri Hamad
as Self - Cinema Jenin Manager
Siham Al Barghouthi
as Self - Palestinian minister of culture
Lamel Assir
as Self - Cinema Jenin general owner
Hussein Darbi
as Self - film projectionist
Abu Sultan
as Self - Cinema Jenin joint owner
Mattea Assir
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Heknut Zaid
as Self - Adviser of Salam Fayyad
Juliano Mer Khamis
as Self - Freedom Theatre manager
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