''First Picture'' (2006) is a documentary film by

Akram Al-Ashqar Akram Al-Ashqar ( ar, أكرم الأشقر) (born 1982) is a Palestinian film director global, photographer and IT professional. He was born in the city of Tulkarm in the West Bank. He started with the movies He started photography at his chi ...

. It was shown at the

Copenhagen International Film Festival Copenhagen International Film Festival (CIFF) was a film festival held annually in Copenhagen, Denmark from 2003 to 2008. The main prize, the Golden Swan, was awarded for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Script and Best Cinem ...

on 15 November 2007, It follows the story of a

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

child from

Tulkarm Camp Tulkarm Camp (Arabic: مخيم طولكرم), is a Palestinian refugee camp north of the West Bank in the city of Tulkarm, established in 1950 on 0.18 km2 by the UNRWA. It is the second largest refugee camp in the West Bank, as well as one of th ...

for the

Palestinian refugee Palestinian refugees are citizens of Mandatory Palestine, and their descendants, who fled or were expelled from their country over the course of the 1947–49 Palestine war ( 1948 Palestinian exodus) and the Six-Day War ( 1967 Palestinian exo ...

s. Born in one of the Israeli prisons, he spent more than two and a half years there. Then, he was separated from his mother who is still remaining arrested in prison by the Israeli Authorities, the moment when the child starts an adventure of discovering the natural life under the protection of his father and family and the companions of the released prisoner mates of his mother, being still very affected by the memories of his experience in prison.

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References

{{Reflist 2006 films 2000s Arabic-language films Palestinian documentary films Documentary films about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2006 documentary films