The Shooter by Ihab Jadallah
Palestine
8 min | 2008
The online presentation of films from „Arab Shorts 2009” on this site ended by 31 December 2011.
The Shooter questions the Palestinian resistance struggle and its decadence, as it reaches a point of actual chaos and an absolute lack of control. Palestine is occupied by the international media and is the stage for sensational news stories; Palestinians have become “performers” of dramatic international evening newscasts. The Shooter is an attempt to subvert this staged representation by rebelling at the image its made into – the performer becomes active, diverting from his script, slowly breaking out of character.
About the Filmmaker
Palestinian filmmaker Ihab Jadallah (1980) was born and raised in a small village called Beit Safafa, near the occupied city of Jerusalem, Palestine. At the age of 19, when he graduated from high school in East Jerusalem, he moved to the Spanish city of Valencia, where he attained his BA in audiovisual communication. While he was studying, he got a three year scholarship in filmmaking at the Catalonia Cinematographic Studies Centre, Barcelona. Jadallah has worked as a barman, DJ, Arabic-Spanish translator, gaffer, set designer for short films and as an assistant director. Jadallah has directed several short films and documentaries. He co-founded Krishna Films, an independent production company, focusing on productions related to the Middle East. Jadallah lives in Palestine and is developing his first feature length film, Dead Sea, which follows the story of the trip between Ramallah and Jerusalem by an ex-Palestinian prisoner and a mysterious coffin. He hopes to put Dead Sea into production during 2009.
Palestinian filmmaker Ihab Jadallah (1980) was born and raised in a small village called Beit Safafa, near the occupied city of Jerusalem, Palestine. At the age of 19, when he graduated from high school in East Jerusalem, he moved to the Spanish city of Valencia, where he attained his BA in audiovisual communication. While he was studying, he got a three year scholarship in filmmaking at the Catalonia Cinematographic Studies Centre, Barcelona. Jadallah has worked as a barman, DJ, Arabic-Spanish translator, gaffer, set designer for short films and as an assistant director. Jadallah has directed several short films and documentaries. He co-founded Krishna Films, an independent production company, focusing on productions related to the Middle East. Jadallah lives in Palestine and is developing his first feature length film, Dead Sea, which follows the story of the trip between Ramallah and Jerusalem by an ex-Palestinian prisoner and a mysterious coffin. He hopes to put Dead Sea into production during 2009.
