Events - Talks & Lectures

Artist Talk: Eyal Sivan

Followed by screening of Route 181, To the South (2004), 85mins, by Eyal Sivan and Michael Khleifi

08 Feb 2012

7pm, Free, The Space

Israeli film-maker and theoretician Eyal Sivan is one of the most prominent directors of contemporary political documentaries on the Middle East today. He will discuss his past work and current research. Sivan is Reader in Media Production and co-leader of the MA programme in Film, Video and New Media at the University of East London (UEL). He is also the founder and artistic director of Momento! and the distribution agency Scalpel.

Route 181, To the South: From Ashdod to Gaza

In the summer of 2002, Eyal Sivan and Michel Khleifi travelled together from the south to the north of their country of birth, Palestine-Israel, tracing their trajectory on a map that they called Route 181. The South chapter follows from the port city of Ashdod to the frontiers of the Gaza Strip.