Daggit Gaza + Frontiers of Dreams and Fears

To mark International Women’s Day, we’re screening short film Daggit Gaza followed by feature film Frontiers of Dreams and Fears in collaboration with Dundee Nablus Twinning Association. 

This screening will be introduced by Viviane Saglier, lecturer in Film Studies at the University of St Andrews.

Daggit Gaza

Director: Hadeel Assali

Country: Palestine

Year: 2009

Duration: 7m

Language: Arabic with English subtitles 

Daggit Gaza can be translated as the spicy tomato salad made in Gaza (called daggah) or the pounding of Gaza. The short film shows the dish being made from start to finish and is accompanied by an audio recording of a conversation with the filmmaker’s uncle, Hossam.

Frontiers of Dreams and Fears

Directors: Mai Masri 

Country: Palestine / Lebanon / USA

Year: 2001

Duration: 56m

Language: Arabic with English subtitles 

Frontiers of Dreams and Fears follows two Palestinian girls growing up in refugee camps in Beirut and Bethlehem. Despite the overwhelming barriers that separate them, the girls form a close friendship through letters and a dramatic meeting at the Lebanese border. Shot during the liberation of southern Lebanon from Israeli occupation and at the beginning of the Palestinian intifada, Frontiers of Dreams and Fears articulates the feelings, hopes, and growing activism of a generation of young Palestinians living in exile.