Waiting for Giraffes
Marco de Stefanis
A Palestinian vet tries to replace the giraffes who died in the zoo where he works. But how can the only zoo in occupied territory create more space for its animals, when even the people living there are confined to a small closed environment? Will the giraffes be a first step in overcoming the conflict between people?
Waiting for Giraffes is more than a documentary about a zoo. The quest of Dr. Sami to gain international recognition reflects the harsh reality and the complexity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Even a zoo experiences that the West Bank is all about politics. But this film is not all doom and gloom, in fact director Marco de Stefanis made this documentary to show that there are indeed positive stories to come out of Palestine.
Director: Marco De Stefanis / producer: Denis Vaslin – Volya Films / co-producer: Emmy Oost – Cassette for timescapes / partners: Evangelische Omroep, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF), Media Programme of the European Union, Dutch Cultural Media Fund, IIC Foundation, VRT/Canvas
Film
17.02.2018 - 8.30 PM
Minard
Pay what you want
Walpoorstraat 15
9000 Gent

About the festival
<p>Connexion vzw (Brussels) and A.M.Qattan Foundation are proposing a focus on flemish-palestinian co-operation in arts and culture, inspired by the Government of Flanders and the Mission of Palestine in Europe, Belgium and Luxembourg who decided on a Flemish-Palestinian cultural project. Unlike the logic of events like Europalia, or even the Venice biennale which are a projection of the imagination of a country, Under Construction is based on reciprocity and aims to promote cultural cooperation, dialogue and exchange.</p>
<p>Instead of focusing on difference and alterity, the two organising partners focus on co-operation and solidarity, and give more visibility and value to forms of 'togetherness' that are already existing between Flanders and Palestine.</p>

Partners
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Practical details
The Minard theatre is the festival centre.
The reception and the bar are open one hour before the start of the first show.
Access to all of the shows is Pay what you want : no fixed price, you determine yourself what you can/are willing to pay.
It is not possible to reserve beforehand. You can get your ticket starting from 1 hour before the first show. So: first come, first served.
This is also the case for Parcours, the guided walks that start from Minard.
You will find a shop of Disarming Design from Palestine in the entrance hall.
MINARD
Romain Deconinckplein
(GPS Walpoortstraat 15)
9000 Gent
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Festivalsites in Ghent
VOORUIT
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23
9000 Gent
+ 32 (0)9 267 28 28
info@vooruit.be
www.vooruit.be
LOD muziektheater
Bijlokesite, Bijlokekaai 3
9000 Gent
contact via Vooruit
BIJLOKE muziekcentrum
Godhuizenlaan 2
9000 Gent
+32 (0)9 323 61 00
tickets@debijloke.be
Reservations: Tu - Fr: 1 to 5 PM and 1 hour before the event
DESIGNMUSEUM
Jan Breydelstraat 5
9000 Gent
+32 (0)9 267 99 99
museum.design@gent.be
Mo, Tu, Thu, Fr: 9:30 – 17:30
Sa, Su : 10:00 – 18:00
Holidays and school vacations: 10:00 – 18:00
Closed on Wednesday
Free entrance for the exhibition Disarming Design from Palestine.
KIOSK / KASK
Louis Pasteurlaan 2
9000 Gent
www.kask.be
Tu-Fr: 14:00-18:00
Sa-Su: 11:00-18:00
FRANK OSTYN
Twaalfkameren 51
9000 Gent
Sa, Su : 11:00 – 18:00
Les ballets C de la B STUDIO S3
Bijlokesite, Bijlokekaai 7
9000 Gent
Mo-Su: 11:00 – 18:00
Cirque anatomisch auditorium / KASK
Louis Pasteurlaan 2
9000 Gent
DE EXPEDITIE vzw
Dok Noord 4F, 9000 Gent
Tel. +32 (9)324 36 63 (via MiramirO)
www.deexpeditie.be
info@de-expeditie.be
Sites out of Ghent
Monty Kultuurfaktorij
Montignystraat 3
2018 Antwerpen
reservatie@monty.be (on weekdays till 6 PM)
NONA kunstencentrum
Begijnenstraat 19/21
2800 Mechelen
+32 (0)15 20 37 80
info@nona.be
www.nona.be
Mo till Fr from 10 AM to 5 PM
C-MINE
Evence Coppéelaan 91
3600 Genk
+32 (0)89 65 44 90
www.c-mine.be
Mo: 1 - 5 PM
Tu till Sun : 10 AM - 5PM
KAAITHEATER
Sainctelettesquare 20
1000 Brussel
+ 32 (0)2 201 59 59
tickets@kaaitheater.be
Tu till Fr 11 AM till 6 PM, Sa from 6 PM (only by phone).
