The Filmhouse are running a Middle Eastern Film Festival between Thursday, 7 February and Thursday, 21 February, 291. This year the Festival looks at Palestine through the lenses of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers and also celebrates modern Iranian film-making. There are six Iranian films featured.
One of the opening films is A Cube of Sugar an Iranian film which is based around a gathering of an Iranian family for the wedding of their youngest daughter.
There are so many films of interest here that it is difficult to pick-out what you want to see! I will be making a point of seeing Salma and the Apple and the classic film about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict Wedding in Galille.
From Sunday 3 February to Sunday24 February, 2013 there is also photography exhibition: Building a Legacy of Hope: Children of the Gaza Strip which consists of 17 photographs and accompanying artwork by the children of Gaza. It’s at the Filmhouse cafe (88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9BZ) and admission is free.
From Patrick Harrington
Counter Culture 
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