Palestinian Documentary Filmmaking Takes Center Stage in Copenhagen: “We Should Win an Oscar for Pretending That Everything Is Normal”

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The eyes and ears of attendees of the industry conference of CPH:DOX, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, were on Palestinian filmmakers with documentary projects in development on Thursday afternoon.

The latest edition of CPH:Conference during the 23rd edition of the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival looked to help people understand “how their different approaches to historic Palestine and its people can create impact and empathy both for Palestinian viewers and other audiences.”

The featured speakers were Muallem Ashtar, described as “a Jerusalemite multidisciplinary artist, performer and creator whose work combines circus, dance, and theater, is the director of the short film Land of Denied Rituals 2025; Dalia Al Kury, whose work navigates cross-genre storytelling; Kinda Kurdi, whose K² Visual Media is a U.K.-based production company specializing in long- and short-form documentary and animated content; and Tanya Marar, a Jordanian-Palestinian-Bulgarian filmmaker living in the U.K. whose work

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