Special Presentations | Palestine, United Kingdom | Arabic, English | 115 min
A Palestinian school teacher (Saleh Bakri) struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students (Muhammad Abed El Rahman) and the chance of a new romantic relationship with a volunteer worker (Imogen Poots).
Is an Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA award-winning Palestinian British filmmaker. In 2016 she started working in the film industry as a writer & producer of short fiction films. This includes Today They Took My Son, endorsed by British Director Ken Loach and screened at the United Nations. The Present, her directorial debut, which she also co-wrote and produced, premiered at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2020 and won the Audience Award for Best Film. It went on to win over 50 International Film Festival Jury and Audience Awards, a BAFTA award, and it scored an Oscar nomination. The Teacher is Farah’s debut feature.
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