{"id":200742,"date":"2018-09-12T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=200742"},"modified":"2018-09-11T19:11:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T22:11:20","slug":"event-in-sao-paulo-to-feature-actress-hiam-abbass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/event-in-sao-paulo-to-feature-actress-hiam-abbass\/","title":{"rendered":"Event in S\u00e3o Paulo to feature actress Hiam Abbass"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Actress Hiam Abbass of Palestine will be honored during an event that will mark the launch of the Beit21 platform next week at the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise theater in downtown S\u00e3o Paulo. The event will last three days (the 17th<\/sup>, 18th<\/sup> and 19th<\/sup>), including film screenings, a theater play and conversations with the world-renowned artist, who\u2019s also a director and playwright with a lengthy track record in film, theater and TV. She has been featured in Hollywood productions of the likes of Steven Spielberg\u2019s Munich<\/em>, Ridley Scott\u2019s Exodus: Gods and Kings<\/em>, Denis Villeneuve\u2019s Blade Runner 2049<\/em>, and in series including Netflix\u2019s The OA<\/em> and HBO\u2019s Succession<\/em>. She recently starred in the motion picture Insyriated<\/em>, which was shown in the latest\u00a0Arab World Film Festival<\/a> in S\u00e3o Paulo. This will be Abbass\u2019 first time in Brazil.<\/p>\n

Beit21 is an artistic and cultural mobility platform for artist residency programs and production of new content on contemporary art, involving artists from the Southern Hemisphere, fostering cultural interchange between Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe platform came from the idea of creating a means for permanent interaction, for getting artists in touch for projects and promoting cross-cultural gazes, i.e. different artforms with artists from different countries, cultures and religions,\u201d explained Geraldo Campos, one of the creators of Beit21 alongside Arturo Hartmann and Ahmed Zoghbi, the three of whom do research on Palestinian culture and art.<\/p>\n

An opening cocktail party will be held at 6:30 pm on Monday (17), followed by a masterclass with Abbass on her career and Arab cinema. A music and poetry performance will ensue, featuring the Brazilian-born, Lebanese descendant artist Sami Bordokan. The Beit21 website is expected to go online this evening.<\/p>\n

Tuesday (18) at 7 pm will see the premiere of France Against the Robots<\/em>, adapted from the eponymous text by George Bernanos, with subtitles in Brazilian Portuguese, followed by a conversation and interaction with the audience. Abbass conceived the monologue, which also features acting by Jean-Baptiste Sastre. Following the premiere, the play will tour Brazil. \u201cThe text is from 1944, a critique of totalitarianism and dehumanization by machines, thereby conversing with contemporaneity,\u201d said Campos.<\/p>\n

At 7 pm on Wednesday (19), there will be a showing of Inheritance<\/em>, a feature film directed by Hiam Abbass. After the film, the director will join Brazilian actresses Let\u00edcia Sabatella and Fernanda Azevedo for a conversation.<\/p>\n

The whole event will be held at the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise theater in the Vila Buarque neighborhood, in downtown S\u00e3o Paulo. It will be open to the public and simultaneous translation will be available. The event is organized by Alliance Fran\u00e7aise in partnership with the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/a> and the Federation of Muslim Associations in Brazil (Fambras).<\/p>\n

Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n

The event will also mark the launch of \u201c48-18 \u2013 1st<\/sup> Contemporary Palestinian Art Festival in Brazil,\u201d slated to take place in November featuring fine arts, theater, music, cinema, curators and researchers who focus on Palestine. \u201cWe are bringing in Palestinians who live in Palestine and elsewhere, including refugee camps, to promote this meeting of a people who build their vision of society based on the prohibition from entering their own land. We will reunite the people who can\u2019t go back to their homeland and showcase their art that comes from exile, from the Diaspora,\u201d said Campos. The researcher also emphasized the symbology of the 70th<\/sup> anniversary of the \u201cNakba\u201d (Arabic for \u201cthe catastrophe\u201d), which is how Palestinians term the creation of the State of Israel, which led to 800,000 Palestinians being driven away from their land, in 1948.<\/p>\n

Quick facts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beit21 platform launch and tribute to actress Hiam Abbas
\nSeptember 17, 18 and 19 \u2013 7 pm
\nAlliance Fran\u00e7aise Theater \u2013 Rua General Jardim, 182
\nVila Buarque \u2013 S\u00e3o Paulo
\nFree admission \u2013 tickets available at venue an hour prior to start of event
\nwww.teatroaliancafrancesa.com.br<\/p>\n

Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yohan Bonnet\/AFP<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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