"Fareha" (Photo: TaleBox / Picture Tree International)
Against the backdrop of the uproar caused by the Jordanian film "Fareha" by director Darin G. Salam, in which according to reports IDF soldiers are seen murdering a Palestinian family during the War of Independence, today (Wednesday) the Minister of Culture and Sports Hili Trooper protested the decision of the "Alsaraya" theater in Jaffa to screen the film this evening and called for the continued budgeting of the theater to be examined.
"The decision of a supported theater in Israel to screen a film which, according to reports, includes false plots against IDF soldiers and describes the slaughter of a family while comparing it to the behavior of the Nazis in the Holocaust, is particularly outrageous," Troper said.
"The fact that an Israeli theater gives a platform to lies and conspiracies is a disgrace. I call on the management of the theater to retract the decision to screen this film. Also, I appeal to Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, in whose hands the authority rests, to examine the issue of the budgeting of this institution, in light of his choice to screen this film" .
The Jordanian film "Fareha" will be released on Netflix on Thursday.
It takes place in 1948 in Palestine and it deals with a 14-year-old Palestinian girl whose father locks her in a warehouse to protect her from IDF attacks in the village. The film includes, as mentioned, among other things a scene in which IDF soldiers execute a family with a baby.
"Fareha" was also chosen to represent Jordan at the Oscars this year.
The chairman of Otzma Yehudit MK Itamar Ben Gabir said yesterday in reference to the film: "The Jordanian incitement film that will be broadcast on Netflix proves how much hypocrisy there is in the world towards Israel, which is attacked by murderous terrorism even before its establishment. This mind engineering should be handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with determination, information and presentation The real picture is who are the murderers and the bloodthirsty. We must not pass over in silence the attempted blood plot that will reverberate around the world."
The film was screened at several festivals around the world, including the Toronto Film Festival.
The director said on stage there that her film is based on true stories she heard.
"I heard about a Palestinian girl who was locked in a room to protect her life. She also shared this story with a Syrian girl who grew up and got married, and she shared this story with her daughter, which is me. Since then I haven't stopped thinking about this girl."
The trailer for the film states that it is based on true stories.
On her choice to make the film, which was chosen to represent Jordan in the competition for the Oscar for the international film, she added: "Many directors talk about Palestine, but I felt that there was nothing about the origin of everything that is happening today, which is 1948. I felt that the Nakba catastrophe is an important event that is being ignored, and that is missing In Arab cinema. There are documentary films, but there are no feature films, which are the films that evoke and convey more emotions."
Netflix chose not to comment on the decision to air it starting tomorrow.
culture
on the agenda
Tags
Netflix
