The Jacket

Poetic documentary about love that always prevails.

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Synopsis

The Jacket is a portrait of Jamal Hindawi, a Palestinian man who lives in exile with his family in the Shatila Refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon. Together with his friends, he makes political theater about their profound connection to their homeland, Palestine, and their situation as refugees in their country of residence, Lebanon. When Jamal embarks on a journey to search for an important lost theater prop, he witnesses how the successive political and economic crises have disrupted an entire region and its people.

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Director: Mathijs Poppe
Genre: Documentary
Tags: Community, Theater, Diaspora, Palestine
Original title: The Jacket
English title: The Jacket
Country of production: Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Lebanon
Year of production: 2024
Length: 71 min
Color: Color
Shooting format: HD
Screening format: DCP
Original language: Arabic
Subtitles: English, French, Dutch

Cast: Jamal Hindawi, Mona Hindawi, Farah Hindawi, Hanan Hindawi, Mohamad Al Saghir
Scriptwriter: Mathijs Poppe
Director of photography: Quinten Wyns
Editor: Lawrence Paul Foley, Mathijs Poppe
Sound design: Emmanuel Zouki
Sound mixing: Max van den Oever
Music: Bana Haffar
Producers: Elisa Heene
Co-producers: Elisa Sepulveda Ruddoff, Noortje Wilschut, Floor Onrust, Lara Abou Saifan
Production company: Mirage
Co-production company: Fulgurance, Family Affair Films, Placeless Films
Supported by: Vlaamse Audiovisuele Fonds (VAF), Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image Animée (CNC), NL Filmfonds, Flanders Image, Flanders Tax Shelter, Lyon Capitale TV, Angoa – Procirep, Al Jazeera Documentary