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The Present in Palestine The Present (2020) directed by Farah Nabulusi As Israel concludes another massacre of innocent Palestinians including children, world leaders issue more dead statements on witnessing a modern-day Holocaust in occupied Palestine. The start of this new attack once again shows the dominance of the United States of America and Israel over almost the entire globe. Israel hasn’t really been able to curb the artistic voices of Palestinians. Such art comes back like a bad penny for Israel. Farah Nabulusi, a British-Palestinian Oscar and BAFTA-nominated filmmaker and human ...

Comments OCCUPIED PALESTINE — “The Present” — a Palestinian film directed by Farah Nabulsi, with Saleh Bakri in the main role — was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Live Action Short Film. In the end it did not win an Oscar, although it was deserving of one. In his acceptance speech, Travon Free, who won the award for his movie “Two Distant Strangers,” quoted James Baldwin, who said that “the most despicable thing a person can be is indifferent to other people’s pain.” “The Present” is only about 23 minutes long, yet it ...

This year’s five Oscar-nominated live action shorts are strong, disturbing and concise (the longest is 45 minutes). Among the issues they explore are law and order, immigration and interracial relations. “Two Distant Strangers” examines police brutality and the African-American’s nightmarish anxiety that he will inevitably encounter it. “Feeling Through” explores the unlikely bond between a Black homeless teenager and a deaf and blind white man. “The Letter Room,” centers on the ambivalent experiences of a correctional officer whose duties in the prison’s mail room entail re...

Oscar-Nominated Films For 2021 Pay Attention to The Truth Published April 15th, 2021 - 09:23 GMT 'The Present' is also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 2021 Oscars (Twitter) Highlights In the short term, however, she is very much looking forward to seeing how “The Present” does at the Oscars. It’s immensely surprising, and a step in the right direction for the Academy,” says Palestinian-American filmmaker, writer and poet, Hind Shoufani, of this year’s list of Oscar-nominated short films. “They’re looking at diversity, women’s voice...