Duma

Name: Duma
Director: Abeer Zeibak Haddad
Released: 2011

Abeer Zeibak Haddad 2011

Duma (Dolls in Arabic) is a groundbreaking Israeli documentary about sexual violence against Arab women in Palestinian and Arabian society. It is the first film by a female Arabic speaker to confront the taboo of sexual violence against Arab women, who are frequently forced into silence to preserve their family’s honor. The film chronicles the stories of five women who experienced sexual abuse as young girls, some of them being victimized by their own family members.

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Running Time:

58 min.

Spoken Languages:

Arabic

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Abeer Zeibak Haddad

Producers:

Suheil Haddad

Cinematographers:

Ivon Miklosh

Editors:

Era Lapid

Production Companies:

Abeer Productions

Family

Human Rights

Religion and Spiritual..

Sexuality

Women

Press

Huffington post

Duma (Dolls) is an extremely powerful documentary. Brutally realistic; revealingly provocative, and exceedingly enthralling

Dr Eylem Atakav
The film is beautifully shot, – the women are shot from the back, looking out a window,. This element of anonymity in the film makes it so authentic and emphasizes.

Amy Kronish
Tsaloniki Film Festival

Duma indicates a new tendency in Palestinian cinema towards moving to self-display and criticism, which first started emerging in features with Elia Suleiman’s films and appears to be gaining ground.

Qais Qassem
HAARETZ

Abeer Haddad's groundbreaking documentary film calls Arab women, who are victims of sexual abuse, to step forward and break the social taboo

Dr. Raya Morag
Channel 10

An excellent movie, exceptionally crafted

Festival Participation

Urban TV Festival, Madrid - 2012
Best Documentary Award
Mumbai International Film Festival, India - 2011
Belgrade Documentary International Film Festival, Serbia - 2011
IDFA - 2011
International Women's Film Festival, Israel, Israel - 2011
DocAviv International Film Festival - 2011
Filmisreal! , The Netherlands - 2012
his Human World International Human Rights Film Festival, Austria - 2012
CRONOGRAF International Documentary Film Festival , Moldova - 2012
International 1001 Documentary Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey - 2012
Nar Film Festival, Turkey , 2013
Afghanistan Human Rights Film Festival, Afghanistan - 2013
Middle East Now Film Festival, Italy - 2013

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