As a Jewish American filmmaker studies her past in Berlin, she grapples with the reality of her trauma being weaponized to inflict violence on Palestinians. ⍟ World Premiere
Director: Leah Galant
Runtime: 77
Fest Year: 2026
How does one’s memory become part of a collective memory, which then becomes a political weapon? For filmmaker Leah Galant, daughter of a 9/11 survivor and descendant of Holocaust survivors, the idea of remembering is an object of intellectual curiosity. Whose memories are remembered and memorialized, and who, in turn, is forgotten? While studying Germany’s culture of remembrance and grappling with her father’s ALS diagnosis, Galant is arrested while trying to film a pro-Palestine protest. The film, which starts with a focus on the past, becomes an artistic inquiry into the present, where her family’s memories are systematically used to repress Palestinian realities. Landscapes of Memory braids Galant’s personal history with the perspectives of a man whose ancestors were Nazis, and a Palestinian artist living the harms of societal repression of certain memories and histories. (BC)