Osama Qashoo: Triple Bill
A look into a trilogy of films about Palestine directed by Osama Qashoo, while he was a Documentary Directing student at the National Film and Television School.
No Choice Basis - a still from the film, 2 of 3 (2005) by Osama QashooNational Film and Television School
Osama Qashoo's trilogy provides an insight into the lives Palestinian exiles in London. Explore below to hear Osama's memories of the making of the films.
My Dear Olive Tree (2004)
A film about the destruction Palestinian olive trees and what the trees means for Palestinian culture. The film is also about the irony of Osama Qashoo’s existence in London and his discovery of peace doves made from olive trees of the Holy Land.
Inside Outside (2004)
How do Palestinians born in the UK understand their identity? Generations of émigrés explain the sickness of exile to the filmmaker, newly arrived from Palestine after being forced to leave, and now starting to understand at first hand how it feels to be an exile himself.
No Choice Basis (2005)
“I lived in my former life with my grandma, receiving reports from my exiled family and now, without warning, I found myself in their shoes. Suddenly my life must be lived through the telephone. Being on the edge of different lives, and then, the unexpected exile from my exiled land…Must life be a ‘no choice basis?”
See below for an extra video about how director Osama Qashoo came across his first camera.
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