Filmed entirely with an iPhone, Teta, Opi & Me is a tribute to conformity, tolerance and courage. It is a poetic, meditative, multilingual, and feeling-driven short film, documenting the intricacies of the artist’s playful process in capturing her grandparents’ enduring romance through social, political and racial adversity. He comes from Bethlehem, Palestine and she comes from Vienna, Austria. Incorporating poetic filmic scenarios, vérité scenes, interviews, and home movies, the work is an intergenerational dialogue that explores themes of family, love, and the intermingling of cultures.
Winner of the Best Documentary and Audience Choice Award at Mobile Motion Film Festival, Zurich, 2019
SCREENINGS
2024 | Gathered in Love and Rage: Palestinian Film Showcase, Batikh Batikh Collective at Making Worlds Books, Philladelphia, PA, United States
2023 | Gathered in Love and Rage: Palestinian Film Showcase, Batikh Batikh Collective at Asian Arts Inititative, Philladelphia, PA, United States
2023 | Gathered in Love and Rage: Palestinian Film Showcase, Batikh Batikh Collective at Vox Populi Gallery, Philladelphia, PA, United States
2021 | July Programming, Shasha Movies, Screening Platform, Online
2020 | Modzi Arts Gallery, Lusaka, Zambia
2019 | Boston Palestine Film Festival, Boston, Massachusetts
2019 | African Smartphone International Film Festival, Lagos, Nigeria
2019 | iPhone Film Festival / MoziMotion, California, USA
2019 | Mobile Motion Film Festival (MoMo), Zurich, Switzerland (Winner of Best Documentary and Audience Choice Awards)
2018 | FICMA (Festival Internacional de Cine con Medios Alternativos), New Mexico, Mexico
2018 | Move Me Productions Belgium - Film Festival, Belgium
2018 | RIDM (Montreal International Documentary Festival), Montreal, Canada
2018 | Linz International Short Film Festival, Linz, Austria
2018 | Palestine Cinema Days, Ramallah, Palestine