Origin: Palestine | Documentary | Director: Azza El-Hassan | ? minutes

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(Part of) The last five short films of the millennium - five Palestinian film makers, commissioned by the Bethlehem 2000 project, embarked on producing the film of their fantasy.
In Out of Place, each image and each place conjures up spaces that preoccupy the director Azza Al-Hassan; be it heaven or hell or the earth in between, each space evokes the spirits of the past, present and future, and amalgam history, geography and fantasy into a subjective experience that is uniquely intimate and universally appealing.

Review (This Week in Palestine - Film Reviews. Issue no. 24 - April 2000):
‘A testament on the last century, and a glimpse into the future, five Palestinian film makers, commissioned by the Bethlehem 2000 project, embarked on producing the film of their fantasy for New Year's Eve. Rachid Mashharawi playfully presents a film about Palestinian food, namely about a famous Palestinian meal, "Makloubeh' or "upside down" which is the title of the film. Mai Masri, presents a shor version of her acclaimed documentary "children of Shatilla". Subhi Zbeidi presents a group of children from the Jalazone refugee camp, his home camp, "Ali and his friends" as the heroes of this original documentary. Azza el Hassan's "The Place" brings to this group of films the poeticism of a young Palestinian woman with artistic insight and high ambitions. Elia Suleiman presents a short fiction film of 15 minute, "Cyber Palestine", which plays on the theme of a modern day Josef and Mary living in Gaza.’