The festival opened at the Watershed with Annemarie Jacir’s When I saw you, followed by a Q&A with the director. Annemarie spoke about the challenges of film making in Palestine and how she came across the film’s young star Mahmoud Asfa. Other highlights from 2013 included the conversation with travel writer and intrepid explorer Dervla Murphy, who finally managed to enter Gaza and the West Bank earlier this decade. Dervla came to the festival to discuss her latest book a Month by the Sea.
