Sci-fi Trilogy

A Space Exodus (2008) is the first part of Larissa Sansour’s science fiction trilogy along with Nation Estate (2012) and In the Future They Ate from the Finest Porcelain (2016). Under the common themes of loss, belonging, heritage and national identity, the three films each explore different aspects of the political turmoil the Middle East. While A Space Exodus envisions the final uprootedness of the Palestinian experience and takes the current political predicament to its extra-terrestrial extreme by landing the first Palestinian on the moon, Nation Estate reveals a sinister account of an entire population restricted to a single skyscraper, with each Palestinian city confined to a single floor. In the trilogy’s final instalment, In the Future They Ate from the Finest Porcelain, a narrative resistance leader engages in archaeological warfare in a desperate attempt to secure the future of her people. Using the language of sci-fi and glossy production, Sansour’s trilogy presents a dystopian vision of a Middle East on the brink of the apocalypse.

All three films are distributed by mec film, you can book them individually or as package.
For educational purposes the trilogy is available at kanopy.

Screenings
Filmfestival Douarnenez (France) 2017
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (Profil Larissa Sansour) 2017
Imagine Science Festival Abu Dhabi 2017 (UAE)
Holiday Special at the video channel of Ibraaz – Contemporary Art and Culture in North Africa and the Middle East, December 2016
Le Cratère, Cinéma Art & Essai Recherche et Découverte Toulouse 2016 (France)
Festival Nurt Kielce 2016 (Poland)
DC Palestine Film & Art Festival Washington 2016 (USA)
Palestinian Film Festival Toronto 2016 (Canada)