THE FLOWERS STAND SILENTLY, WITNESSING

By Theo PANAGOPOULOS

FIPADOC - INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, BIARRITZ - as FEST

Documentary - Completed 2025

In the Scottish archives, a Palestinian filmmaker stumbles upon footage of his homeland filmed in the 1930s by a Scottish pastor. Flowers, bucolic landscapes, smiling villagers... dissonant memories of a land often described as desert-like.

Festivals
& Awards

FIPADOC 2026
Short Films
    • Year of production
    • 2025
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, ARABIC
    • Duration
    • 17 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Theo PANAGOPOULOS
    • Synopsis
    • In the Scottish archives, a Palestinian filmmaker stumbles upon footage of his homeland filmed in the 1930s by a Scottish pastor. Flowers, bucolic landscapes, smiling villagers... dissonant memories of a land often described as desert-like.