Fida Qishta, who visited us in Madison in 2014 and 2015 to show her powerful first film Where Should the Birds Fly, has been in film school in California. She is looking for donations to help fund her thesis film Equally Damaged. Please consider a donation via the gofundme link or check. As of today, she is still in need of $2,000.
We still have copies of Where Should the Birds Fly for sale, and one that we can loan for showings. If anyone is interested, let me know.
Thanks,
Barb O.
Dear friends,
I hope you are all doing well. I’m almost done with my Master program in Film and Media Production and will be graduating in September.
I’ll start filming my final thesis film Equally Damaged on July 22nd. Please check my go fund me campaign and give it a kick. Share it, and send it to your friends and mailing list.
https://www.gofundme.com/247ak64
If you’d like to send a check please make it out to me and send it to:
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Fida Qishta
3409 West Alameda Ave, Apt B
Burbank, CA 91505
Best, Fida
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Director Statement
Growing up in Palestine is pretty hard. A Mid-East conflict zone, every day was a challenge, even life in my close-knit neighborhood was subject to conflicts and destruction. The landscape was constantly changing as homes and streets were destroyed. I always wondered, when I was young, what could make people stop killing each other. I realized as I grew up that the war machine is like a bubble, each side is separated from the other, and neither one is willing to acknowledge the other’s point of view. As a child, I thought the whole world was like my neighborhood. The first time I traveled, it opened my eyes to the world, and I saw things differently from when I was growing up. I felt cheated of normality. This is why I wanted to make a film that shows the damage that conflicts and wars cause on both sides that are involved. People in front of or behind the gun are damaged, and that is what I want to get across with this film. War and conflict can strip away humanity, and yet I believe that love and forgiveness are possible and worth fighting for.
Please help me fund the production of Equally Damaged. I will submit it as my master’s thesis project at the New York Film Academy and will enter it in film festivals. The film is a short , it will run 15-30 minutes. With the resources of the New York Film Academy, I can make Equally Damaged for $10,500.
Thank you to all of you.
Best, Fida
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“You are far more powerful than you have ever imagined.
If you accept this knowledge and base your actions on it, you will be happier than ever before.
You will be able to do things you have only dreamed of doing and achieve anything you want in life.” Ibrahim ElfiqiI (Elfiky)