Screening will start at 12:00 Noon US EST; 7:00 PM Palestine Time.
82 minutes, English subtitles. The film screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Tahseen Muheisen (currently in Gaza).
About the Film
IN THE POCKET OF OSLO: Wasim is a young Norwegian man of Palestinian origin, he plays football, loves making movies and dreams of visiting Gaza . He is traveling with his father to shoot a film there. When in Gaza everything is different in terms of war, blockade and suffering. Finally ,his extraordinary journey ends, and he returns to Oslo with a lot of painful memories on his mind.
Tahseen Muheisen,
About the Director
I am Tahseen Muheisen, a Palestinian film director from Gaza. I was born in Al Shati Refugee Camp in 1969 where I grew up. I studied journalism in Gaza and cinema in Paris. Then I returned to Gaza and worked in the Palestinian Ministry of Culture for 7 years.
In 1996 I directed my first film. I moved to Oslo permanently after the death of the late Yasser Arafat.
I made 16 documentaries and 4 feature short films, a number of which I also produced.
I have always been fond of the reality cinema and conveying the Palestinian life details , as a citizen, asylum seeker and immigrant.