Film Screening: Port of Memory (ميناء الذاكرة)
Join us for a screening the poetic documentary by great Palestinian filmmaker Kamal Aljafari film “Port of Memory (2009)”.
A film by Kamal Aljafari.
Event Details
Date: September 17
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Al Bustan Art Gallery
Runtime: 1 hour and 2 minutes
About the Film
Set in the historic neighborhood of Ajami in Jaffa, Port of Memory is an evocative, quietly powerful meditation on memory, belonging, and displacement.
Following an eviction order served to his family home, filmmaker Kamal Aljafari captures the rhythms of daily life in a shrinking Palestinian community navigating gentrification and historical erasure. Blending docu-fiction, still portraits, and archival reflections, the film portrays the surreal tension of living under constant threat of dispossession—where repetitive, everyday gestures become acts of enduring steadfastness (sumud).
Port of Memory reclaims space and visual memory, transforming cinema into an archive of what is being lost.
"With framing, and by shooting something for a long time, you can claim it." — Kamal Aljafari
Source: ARA
About the Director
Kamal Aljafari is an acclaimed Palestinian filmmaker, visual artist, and educator known for his distinct cinematic language and experimental use of found footage and archival materials. His award-winning body of work—including The Roof, Port of Memory, Recollection, and A Fidai Film—has been showcased at major international festivals including Rotterdam, Locarno, and the Berlinale.