Hands on Visual Remains: The use of Palestinian photos, films and media equipment that survive colonial plunder

Speaker

Azza El-Hassan

Doha Institute

Azza El-Hassan is a filmmaker and a Professor of media practices at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. She is known for The Unbearable Presence of Asmahan (2014), Kings & Extras (2004), and News Time (2001). She is the recipient of various film awards, such as, the Aleph Documentary Award, Luchino Visconti Award, Jazeera Jury Award and the prestigious Grierson award, among others. In 2019, she founded The Void Project, a multimedia production space, that investigates artistically the visual effect of colonial plunder on the formation of a modern Palestinian narrative. Her book, The Afterlife of Palestinian Images, uniquely addresses how plundered cultures relate to the actual remains of their archives. In 2025, Azza El Hassan received the BAFTSS Outstanding Achievement Award, for her film and media work.

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