Journeyman Pictures: Worldwide Distributor for Flying Paper
We are proud to announce today our exciting partnership with Journeyman Pictures in the U.K. for exclusive worldwide distribution of our film Flying Paper. We’ve been in discussions with Journeyman for months and we signed an agreement in late July, while our co-producer Anne Paq was back in Gaza in the midst of the war. […]
Flying Paper New York Film Premiere: Videos of Intro & Panel with Filmmakers
The Flying Paper New York Film Premiere was held on Saturday, April 12, 2014, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm at the John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center in The New School. This event showcased the New York City Premiere of the documentary film Flying Paper, co-directed by Nitin Sawhney and Roger Hill. The film has […]
Arclight Cinemas in LA to run Flying Paper all Week 10/10 – 10/17 and an Article
We are thrilled that Arclight Cinemas has chosen to screen Flying Paper 17 times between Oct. 10 – 17. With the premiere at the Hollywood location and subsequent screenings in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood. This is frankly unprecedented for a major LA theater to screen a small documentary from Gaza like Flying Paper. Screening dates […]
Flying Paper’s West Coast Premieres kick off Sept 28.
Flying Paper has been acccepted into 3 California Film Festivals. The Arclight Documentary Film Festival in Hollywood,The United Nations Association Film Festival in Palo Alto and the Wine Country International Film Festival in Santa Rosa. We kick off in Wine Country on Sept. 28 at noon, with Co-Director Roger Hill presenting the film, followed by […]
Flying Paper at the prestigious Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival. Sept 8
Flying Paper has been selected to screen in the Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival as one of just 22 feature length films selected, including several other award winning films with well known actors and directors. Flying Paper has been made with a dedication to making a family friendly and accessible film with universal themes, a […]
Flying Paper, a Journey of Hope
The ability to take a story of such ineffable sadness as the plight of children caught in the political maelstrom of Gaza and turn it into a journey of hope requires a particular deftness, a quality the directors of Flying Paper have achieved in ample measure. We could have been subjected to a dry documentary […]
Upcoming Screenings: The Indie Gathering (Aug 18, Hudson OH)
August 18, 2013, Festival Screening: Flying Paper has picked up its first award for “Best Documentary” and will be screening at The Indie Gathering International Film Festival, Sunday Aug 18 at 11:00 am. The Indie Gathering will be held on August 16th, 17th and 18th at The Clarion Inn & Conference Center in Hudson, OH, located […]
Flying Paper Premieres at London Palestine Film Festival on May 7, 2013
We are delighted to have Flying Paper premiere at the London Palestine Film Festival. The film will be screened at the Barbican Cinema 3 on May 7, 2013 at 8:15pm, with an introduction by Executive Producer Uzma Hasan. The 2013 London Palestine Film Festival brings together 38 works by Palestinian and international artists working in […]
A successful screening with children in Seifa, Gaza
by Anne Paq, Co-Producer, Photographer/Cinematographer, Flying Paper During my last trip to Gaza, in November, I was supposed to present our documentary Flying Paper to the children of the village Seifa, where most of the film takes place. But as it is often the case in Palestine, events unfold and your plans might have to be changed […]
TV Segment about Flying Paper broadcast on Alhurra Television
A wonderful segment about our film, Flying Paper, produced by Corine Farhat, that aired on Alhurra Television, an American broadcast in the Middle East, in February 2013. The brief video (13 min 30 secs) captures quite well the emotions, symbolism and narrative of the film through interviews with our team and the key scenes (the segment […]
Gaza Rebuilds Again: Contributing to Relief Efforts on the Ground
As the dust settles in Gaza, the rebuilding begins again. This vicious cycle is one that the Palestinians living in the tiny coastal enclave know all too well. Fighting erupts, and next thing you know, besieged Gazans are holed up in their homes as bombs fall indiscriminately around them. Nowhere is safe and there is […]
Devastating siege in Gaza and Anne Paq’s photos on the ground
Dear Friends, I’m writing a more personal note today, so please pardon this extended piece and hope you will take a moment to read it. For some time now I’ve been meaning to share some exciting updates about our film progress, including the good news that we submitted a newly-edited feature-length cut of our film (63 […]
Special Screening of Flying Paper in Jerusalem
We had the great opportunity to show a preview screening of a newly edited 40 mn rough-cut of our documentary “Flying Paper” at the French Institute, in partnership with the Educational bookshop, in Jerusalem. We were lucky that the weather was still warm enough to have an outdoors screening on a big screen in the […]
Flying Paper Post-Production & Animations – Appeal for contributions to complete the film
Dear friends, We are very pleased to tell you that the post-production work for our upcoming documentary film Flying Paper is progressing very well. The film captures the uplifting story of Palestinian children in Gaza on a quest to shatter the Guinness World Record for the most kites ever flown. It showcases the creative resilience […]
Gaza Youth Resilience: Resilience From What?
Article by Hadeel Assali, June 8, 2012 The upcoming documentary film Flying Paper tells the “the uplifting story of resilient Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip on a quest to shatter the Guinness World Record for the most kites ever flown.” Sometimes we who are intimately familiar with Palestine take it for granted that those around […]