Que reste-t-il du cinéma en Palestine ? Des bobines rouillées jonchant un sol poussiéreux. Des affiches délavées aux bords déchirés. Des portes murées aux serrures enchaînées. Une salle désertée sans éclats de rires, sans murmures et pleurs étouffés.
Film projector from the El Assi Cinema, closed after the second intifada (2000). Nablus, Palestine.
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Abandoned film stock in a projection room of the El Assi Cinema, after the second intifada. Nablus, Palestine.
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Sameh El Assi, 48, owner of the El Assis Cinemas and Studio El Assi in Nablus, Palestine.
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Numbered seat. In the 'Grenade' Cinema, transformed into a sanitary equipment warehouse, since its closure in 2000 after the second intifada. Nablus, Palestine.
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Posters in the projection room of the El Assi Cinema, closed in 2000 after the second intifada. Nablus, Palestine.
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Abandoned film reels on the floor of the Al Hamra Cinema, closed in 1975, in East Jerusalem, Palestine.
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Projector of the El Assi Cinema, closed after the second intifada (2000), Nablus, Palestine.
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Abandoned film reels on the floor of the Al Hamra Cinema, closed in 1975, in East Jerusalem, Palestine.
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Film reels piled on the floor of the El Assi Cinema, which closed in 2000 after the second intifada. Nablus, Palestine.
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Indian film posters, still pasted to the entrance of the Al Quds Cinema, closed in 1975, in East Jerusalem, Palestine.
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The Al Assi Cinema, transformed into a sanitary equipment warehouse, since its closure in 2000 after the second intifada. Nablus, Palestine.
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The El Assi Cinema studio, closed in 2000 and transformed into a wedding hall. Nablus, Palestine.
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The HRH Prince Turki Bin Abdul Aziz Cinema in Nablus, Palestine. It was bought by a Saudi emir.
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Mohamed Al Shakaa, director of the former 'Grenade' Cinema, closed after the second intifada (2000) and transformed into a warehouse for stocking sanitary equipment. Nablus, Palestine.
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Posters from a women's film festival, and a poster of Yasser Arafat in the office of cinema director Al Hailal, in Gaza, Palestine, Israel.
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Photos of an American film with Matthew Modine in the projection room of the El Assi Cinema, closed in 2000 after the second intifada. Nablus, Palestine.
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Projectionnist of the Al Hailal Cinema in Gaza, Palestine.
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Posters of Indian, American and Israeli films strewn on the floor of the El Assi Cinema, closed in 2000 after the second intifada. Nablus, Palestine.
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Neon sign of the Al Kasaba Cinema in Ramallah. The only cinema which has daily sessions. Ramallah, Palestine.
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Posters in the projection room of the Palestinian National Theatre (PNT), whose polyvalent hall also is also equipped for film screenings. East Jerusalem, Palestine.
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Eye of the projector in the Al Hailal Cinema in Gaza, Palestine.
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Mouniir Akoub, 55, former projectionnist of the El Assi Cinema, closed after the second intifada (2000). Nablus, Palestine.
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Al Kasaba Cinema, the only Palestinian cinema with daily sessions. Ramallah, Palestine.
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George Ibrahim, director of the Al Kasaba Cinemas in Ramallah and East Jerusalem (closed in January 2007). The Ramallah cinema has daily sessions. ramallah, Palestine.
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Front row of the Al Hailal cinema in Gaza, Palestine.
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Al Hailal Cinema in Gaza, Palestine.
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Projectionnist of the Al Kasaba Cinema in Ramallah, Palestine.
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Projection room and terraced seating of the El Assi Cinema, closed after the second intifada (2000). Nablus, Palestine.
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Former cinema, the 'Grenade', closed after the second intifada (2000) and transformed into a warehouse for sanitary equipment.
FAC0100172x © Cédric Faimali
The El Assi Cinema studio, closed in 2000 and transformed into a wedding hall. Nablus, Palestine.
FAC0100196x © Cédric Faimali
Projectionists of the HRH Prince Turki Bin Abdul Aziz Cinema in Nablus, financed by a Saudi emir. Nablus, Palestine.
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Al Kasaba Cinema in Ramallah. The only cinema that has daily sessions. Ramallah, Palestine.
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