Film of the Week #25

March 17th - 24th 2021

Mars at Sunrise (2014)

Documentary, 1h 15m

A Palestinian artist tells a Jewish-American poet how he was tortured by a failed Israeli artist who wanted to turn him into an informant. Mars at Sunrise depicts a war waged on the imagination. A painter’s resistance, courage and spirit can never be imprisoned in this highly stylized story of the conflict of two frustrated artists on either side of Israel’s militarized borders.

Director & Writer: Jessica Habie

Cinematographer: Xavi José

Editors: Luis Carballar, EresOz

Starring: Ali Suliman, Guy Elhanan, Maisam Masri