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OJALA: LA VUELTA AL ORIGEN

OJALA: LA VUELTA AL ORIGEN

documentary feature film

Year: 2018

Ojalá: la vuelta al origen is a documentary feature film about being a Palestinian descendant in Chile and maintaining the cultural resistance through dance.

From the perspective of bellydance and Dabke teacher Anne Marie Lolas, the film creates a conversation between diasporic identities and the practice of art.

Columbia University Scholars Program Independent Research Fellowship

Screening and installation in conversation with “Becoming Palestine” by Lina Meruane hosted by Reid Hall, the Columbia University Paris Global Center - 10.08.2018 / 10.09.2018

Selected at the 2019 Haifa Independent Film Festival

Nominated for the Best Documentary Award at Cairo International Short Film Festival

Screening as part of films for Palestine at Abrams Claghorn Gallery

Screening at Al Raqs conference 2025

Screening at Festival Fantazie 2025

Screening as part of a season of Arabic Culture at MARSM UK

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