Origin: Palestine | Fiction | Director: Shuruq Harb | 10 minutes

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Experimental
The Jump explores the psychological terrains of leaping into the void, its potential sense of cosmic freedom, physical thrill, suspension and definitive end. Set within the tectonic rift of the Jordan Valley, the film is narrated by a robotic voice that guides us through dizzying shots of the landscape while speculating the conditions surrounding a Palestinian man’s jump into the Mediterranean. The two other main protagonists of the films – author, professor of literature Wafa Darwish, and psychologist and trauma healer Laila Atshan – reflect on their own experiences of seeking freedom and overcoming the limitations of their respective disabilities, while also offering insight into the meaning and motive behind the man’s possible suicide. The Jump unfolds like a visual poem that suspends the viewer into another worldly space, equally hypnotizing in its affects, alienating in its details, and emotionally compelling in its reflection.

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