Idioms Film

11/09/2023

Another review coming from Melbourne for the film R21 aka restoring Solidarity by Mohanad Yaqubi

Escautville Sak A Do Melbourne International Film Festival

Back to the 2023 Melbourne International Film Festival, and I’ve covered South Korean films, Japanese films, Iranian films, two set on the Chinese–North Korean border, and Wang Bing’s n…

28/08/2023

R21 aka Restoring Solidarity Reviews coming out of Melbourne

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Serendipity struck again for me at MIFF as quite by chance I watched Mohammad Yaqubi’s documentary immediately after watching Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Pictures of Ghosts (2023). In a very tangible sense, Yaqubi’s film is pictures of ghosts. Yaqubi draws on a collection of twenty 16mm films abo...

18/07/2023

R21 aka Restoring Solidarity by MMohanad Yaqubiis playing in Australia next month at MMelbourne International Film Festival
Don't miss if you are here.


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This time capsule of an extraordinary unseen history is a work of documentation and preservation – both of a moment in time and of the moving image.

19/05/2023

An interview with Mohanad Yaqubi and Casey Asprooth-Jackson about the making of "R21 aka Restoring Solidarity" by Joshua Minsoo Kim

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An interview with director Mohanad Yaqubi & producer Casey Asprooth-Jackson about their film 'R 21 AKA Restoring Solidarity,' which played at this year's True/False Film Festival & MoMI's First Look

17/05/2023

Friends in Cairo, the film R21 aka Restoring Solidarity will be screened at Zawya Cairo in the coming days, tickets are now available.

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الفيلم رقم ٢١
إخراج مهند اليعقوبي

النوع: وثائقي
إنتاج: فلسطين ، بلجيكا ، قطر
سنة الإنتاج: ٢٠٢٢
مدة العرض: ٧١ ق
اللغة: الإنجليزية ، اليابانية ، العربية
الترجمة: إنجليزية

الفيلم رقم 21 هو فكرة مطورة من 20 فيلمًا صورت على شريط 16 ملم، ويتناول حركة التضامن اليابانية مع فلسطين. يتضمن مجموعة رسائل حب تظهر تدريجياً خلال تقدم الفيلم، مما يجعله يشبه كتالوجًا وآلة تسافر عبر الزمن وأرشيفًا. يركز الفيلم على عملية المونتاج ويكشف عن الدوافع والتطلعات ونهاية جيل بنضالاته في اليابان وفي جميع أنحاء العالم.
مهرجان أمستردام الدولي للأفلام الوثائقية، IDFA - ٢٠٢٢
مهرجان مراكش السينمائي الدولي - ٢٠٢٢

R 21 AKA Restoring Solidarity
Directed by Mohanad Yaqubi

Genre: Documentary
Country: Palestine, Belgium, Qatar
Year: 2022
Running Time: 71 MINS
Language: Japanese, Arabic, English
Subtitles: English

Film number 21 is an elaborated idea from 20 films recorded on 16mm film, and it explores the Japanese solidarity movement with Palestine. The collection includes love letters that gradually appear throughout the film, making it feel like a catalog, a time-traveling machine, and an archive. The film focuses on the editing process and reveals the motivations, aspirations, and end of a generation's struggles in Japan and around the world.

International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, IDFA - 2022
Marrakech Film Festival - 2022

28/03/2023

"Yaqubi emphasizes cinema’s capacity to provoke viewers’ empathic imagination and spark solidarity."

from Film Comment magazine reviewing R21 aka Restoring Solidarity after the First Look Screening in NY
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Collective memory: Mohanad Yaqubi archival collage of emphasizes cinema’s capacity to provoke viewers’ empathic imagination and spark solidarity

23/03/2023

https://www.aflam.fr/vendredi-24-mars-i-18h-i-la-baleine-i-masterclass-mohanad-yaqubi-oui/

R21 aka Restoring Solidarity by Mohanad Yaqubi will be screening tomorrow at Aflam in Marseille,
Join if you are around, and tell you friends.

Sak A Do Escautville

Reel no. 21 Aka Restoring Solidarity est un essai cinématographique qui explore les questions de solidarité transnationale à partir de films 16 mm collectés et diffusés par un groupe de solidarité japonais. En présence du réalisateur Mohanad Yaqubi et du monteur Rami Nihawi R21 AKA Restoring...

21/03/2023

Full house for tonight’s screening of R21 AKA Restoring Solidarity at the Center for Palestine Studies at Columbia University

18/03/2023

a great review at Reverse Shot before the upcoming screening of R21 aka Restoring Solidarity today at Museum of the Moving Image with the attendance of the director Mohanad Yaqubi

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Goings-on at Museum of the Moving Image

18/03/2023

R21 aka Restoring Solidarity is one of the Redefine Magazine pickup from the True/False Film Fest, read more about it from here

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With 28,900 butts in seats for 33 feature films and 25 shorts, the 20th edition of True/False celebrated independent non-fiction filmmaking from March 2th

14/03/2023

“Film is a powerful way to keep our memories alive”

asianmoviepulse reviews the film R21 aka Restoring Solidarity by Mohanad Yaqubi after the North American premier at True/False Film Fest

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“Film was a powerful way to keep our memories alive” Documentary Review: R 21 aka Restoring Solidarity (2022) by Mohanad Yaqubi

02/03/2023

Next week, Off Frame aka Revolution Until Victory is screening at 58th Carnegie International Film Festival among fine films curated by Rasha Salti

Carnegie Museum of Art Idioms Film

When: March 12, 2023 @ 1:00 pm – March 13, 2023 @ 2:30 pm Directed by Mohanad Yaqubi (Palestine/France/Qatar/Lebanon, 2016, 62 minutes) Languages: Arabic, French, English, Italian Presented as part of the 58th Carnegie International Film Festival After the Nakba of Palestine in 1948, Palestinians ...