The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing

17m
Documentary
6

When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely-seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wild flowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender film essay questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and the land.

Cast

Crew

Theo Panagopoulos
Director, Writer
Flore Cosquer
Executive Producer
Marissa Keating
Producer
Hannan Jones
Sound Designer, Sound
Alexandra Katerinopoulou
Music
Erica Monde
Script Consultant

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