Welcome to the premiere of Fierté Nationale – First part, From Jericho to Gaza by Sven Augustijnen. Sven Augustijnen will present the film and there will be a Q&A with a possibility to discuss it after the screening.

What started as an inquiry into the Belgian arms used in different revolutionary movements, eventually turned into a portrait of what has become of the Revolutionary impulse itself. In the first part, focused on the Palestinian liberation struggle, we follow the protagonist, Hassan Al Balawi, a Palestinian diplomat in Brussels as he returns to his homeland, on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat, the historical leader of the PLO. Filmed in 2019, Balawi’s journey from Jericho to Gaza draws a subjective image of the situation that led to the tragic events that began on October 7 2023.