Colors of Resistance
a film by
Areeb Zuaiter
34 min /
Short, Documentary
Palestine, US
Colors of Resistance is a personal journey aiming to question the concept of belonging to a place. In this journey, director Areeb Zuaiter sneaks into the worlds of a painter, a comedian, a poet, a hip-hop artist, and a solo singer to explore their tools to express their identities and belonging to Palestine — the same land that is being denied its right to exist.
Cast
Samia HalabyMaysoon Zayid
Stormtrap Asifeh
Z the People
Remi Kanazi
Crew
Screenwriter: Areeb Zuiter
DOPs: Shilpi Singh, Ashraf Dowani, and Heidi Naugib
Editor: Brigid Maher
Original Title: Alwan Men El Moqawma
Production Company(ies):
Producer(s):
Production Company(ies):
A0 Productions and Tiny Leaps Productions
Producer(s):
Areeb Zuaiter and Brigid Maher
- London Independent Film Awards, UK
- Around International Film Festival, Paris
- The New Haven Documentary Film Festival, US
- Georgia Documentary Film Festival, US
- Arab Film Festival, US
- International Documentary Festival of Lerapetra, Greece
- Docs Without Borders Film Festival, US
- Colorado International Activism Film Festival, US
- Spotlight Film Awards, US
- Golden Tree International Documentary Film Festival, Germany
- Independent Short Awards, US
- Oregon Documentary Film Festival, US
- WRPN Women's International Film Festival, US
- Boston Palestine Film Festival, US
- Long Story Shorts International Film Festival, Romania
- Al Ard Doc Film Festival, Italy
- Alexandria Film Festival in Virginia, US
- Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes Milan Athens, Greece
- Nagaon International Short and Documentary Film Festival, India
- Roma Cinema Doc, Italy
- Concepción Independent Film Awards, Chile
- Capital Filmmakers Festival Madrid, Spain
- Kanaan - Palestinian Film Week
- Leeds Palestinian Film Festival, Online
- Best Documentary Short at the London Independent Film Awards
- Best Host/Narrator Award for Documentary Short and Film Activism Award for Documentary Short at the Colorado International Activism Film Festival
- Silver Award winner by the 2019 Spotlight Documentary Film Awards, Director Areeb Zuaiter named one of Spotlight’s 2019 Award-Winning Documentary Filmmakers
- Certificate of Achievement at the Independent Short Awards
- Best International Documentary Film award at the Nagaon International Short and Documentary Film Festival
- Best Documentary Short at the Concepción Independent Film Awards
- ARFF Globe Award at the Around International Film Festival
