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The New York Times claimed it published a complete list of Oscar nominated films, documentaries etc. Did I miss Farah Nabulsi’s The Present? It’s a Palestinian short film directed, produced and acted by Palestinians. The Present is both Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-nominated. 

You can see The Present on Youtube.

The following information is from Farah Nabulsi’s website. Her films are based on Palestinian realities. 

The Present sheds light on how Palestinians are deprived of the basic right to freedom of movement. Starring renowned actor Saleh Bakri, it won the Audience Award for Best Film at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2020 (World premiere), the Jury Award for Best Live Action Short at the Cleveland International Film Festival (North American premiere), and has since gone on to win upwards of 25 Audience and Jury Awards at numerous International film festivals as well as being licensed to Canal+ (France), Pacific Voice (Japan), Telefonica (Spain) and Netflix (Global). 

 Farah Nabulsi:”The arts play a crucial role in changing the world and I believe film precedes them all. It gives voice to the silenced, thereby helping build the empathy and understanding needed to effect change.”

Her films have been officially selected to international film festivals around the world and her novel approach has been endorsed by the likes of Noam Chomsky, Hanan Ashrawi, John Pilger, Ken Loach and others.

Farah is currently working on her first feature-length film.

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Compassionate Choices has fought for years for end-of-life options. Let’s have a shout out for Oregon. That state enacted an aid-in-dying law 23 years ago. California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico (as of  March 15) Vermont, Washington and Washington, D. C. have followed suit. Come on, New York!

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