El-Halabiyeh

On the night before her heart operation in the hospital, the grandmother of Aleppo origin opens the doors of memory for her Palestinian granddaughter wide to tell us important details about the most prominent moments of her life in Aleppo, Jaffa and Hebron. So these memories, songs and tales of hope become a spell of love that wraps the granddaughter’s heart.

  • Rana Abushkhaidem
    Director
    Cinema El-Amal
  • Hind Abushkhadim
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    الحلبية
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 57 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 17, 2021
  • Country of Origin:
    Palestine, State of
  • Country of Filming:
    Palestine, State of
  • Language:
    Arabic, English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Dar Al-Kalima University
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Davis Feminist Film Festival
    California
    United States
    May 20, 2023
    North America Premiere
    Audience Awards Selection
Director Biography - Rana Abushkhaidem

Rana Abushkhaidem is a Palestinian director with a passion for visual arts, archives, and anthropology. She holds an MA in Creative Practice from Atlantic Technological University in Galway, Ireland, and a BA in Film Production from Dar Al-Kalima University. Through her practice, Rana continues to explore storytelling at the intersection of film, animation, and archival research.
Rana has directed three short documentaries: Cinema Al Amal (2024), currently being screened at international film festivals; Wadi Foquin 2021–Deir Hanna 1981 (2021), featured in the opening screening of Festival Cine-Palestine Paris in 2023; and El-Halabiyeh (2021), which won the Audience Award at the Davis Feminist Film Festival in 2023.
Beyond filmmaking, Rana is actively involved in community-based projects. She is a founding member of the Palestinian Production Directory and has worked as an audio-visual content creator for the Palestinian Museum (2022–2023). She also contributes to the Oral History Project with the Cultural Symposium Club in Hebron.

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