Film Screening: "The Survivor" (1995)

Join the Palestinian Youth Movement and Balady Film Club for a special screening of "The Surivivor" (Al-Moutabaqi) directed by Seifollah Dad—a 1995 film adaptation of Ghassan Kanafani's short story "Returning to Haifa."

The film depicts the ongoing Nakba, or catastrophe, experienced by Palestinians and follows a family from Haifa who face the Zionist invasion of their city.

"The Survivor" is an emotional and symbolic drama depicting the occupation of Palestine by Zionist gangs and settlers. Palestinian physician Saeed and his wife Latifeh reside in Haifa until they are killed in 1948 but, their infant son Farhan survives.

Soon thereafter, a Jewish couple takes up residence in Saeed's house and adopts Farhan, whose name has been changed to Moshe. Meanwhile, Saeed's mother Safiyeh, finds out what happened and poses as the former nanny of Farhan/Moshe while her husband plans their revenge.

Directed by the late Iranian filmmaker Seifollah Dad, 'The Survivor' won a special jury prize at the 14th Fajr Film Festival in Tehran and an award for best screenplay at the Non-Aligned Movement Film Festival in Pyonyang.

The Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) is a transnational, grassroots organization of Arab youth worldwide, with chapters spanning the United States, Britain, and Canada. The PYM struggles against the ongoing Zionist colonization and occupation of the Palestinian homeland, by reviving a revolutionary tradition of commitment to the Palestinian national liberation struggle.

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