Double Exposure

Double Exposure (Dir. Ruanne Abou-Rahme) is a film inspired by the immediate need to express the new realties a generation of young Palestinians face. Filmed in both an experimental and intimate style and featuring the music and sounds of groundbreaking Ramallah Underground, the film will engage you instantly and bring to life new voices from Palestine, shedding light on the third wave of Palestinian Diaspora.
In 2000 the second intifada broke out in Palestine, eight years on and the entire landscape politically and geographically has radically changed. Shot between London, Jerusalem and Ramallah this film brings together intimate stories of home and loss.
A generation of young Palestinians who left and went to London find themselves in a state of exile, displaced both outside and inside a homeland they no longer recognise. Living in between two contradictory times and places they struggle with their need to stay connected with Palestine and coming to terms with dislodged hope and dreams they had. Neither at home in diaspora nor in their own homeland they reflect on their experience, exploring the contradictions of being in-between places, times and the ruptures that have marked the past eight years of their lives... ..