Paris, France
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Anne Paq (1976) is an award-winning freelance photographer and videographer, with a background in international human rights law, who had lived for more than a decade in Palestine. She has been a member of Activestills Collective since 2006. Her work has been exhibited worldwide and published in various media outlets such as the NY Times Lens, Paris Match, le Nouvel Observateur, Al Jazeera, Haaretz newspaper, The National, Les Inrockuptibles, The Huffington Post, The New Internationalist, Dazed and Confused, +972 Magazine, Electronic Intifada, Stern, the Guardian, AJ+. She is regularly commissioned by international NGOs, such as UNESCO, UNWHO, Human Rights watch, Action contre la faim, Diakonia, B'tselem and Physician for Human rights. Believing in giving back to the communities she documents, Anne participated or led many participatory media project across the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza.. In 2012, she developed a multimedia project about the subcultures and artists in Gaza called 'Not a Dreamland' that was exhibited in the Gaza Strip, and the Confluences Gallery in Paris. In 2012, she also documented the Israeli military offensive on Gaza. She has co-directed the short film 'Bethlehem checkpoint, 4 am' (8'59, 2007), co-produced the award-winning documentary 'Flying Paper' (52', 2013) and co-directed 'Return to Seifa' (2015, 10'49) and 'Gaza: A Gaping Wound' (2016, 13'47). In 2014, she documented the Israeli military operation dubbed "Protective Edge" in the Gaza Strip. After the offensive she returned many times to the Gaza Strip to document the consequences of the offensive. One of her project called 'This was my Bedroom' presents portraits of Palestinian children in their destroyed bedroom that was published in Le Nouvel Obs (France). She is also the co-author of the award-winning web documentary 'Obliterated Families', a multimedia project which tells the story of the families whose lives were shattered by the 2014 Israeli offensive. 'Obliterated Families' won the best multimedia award at the AFD photo competition (2016); and the Public Award at the Swiss Web Festival (2016). In 2017, she co-authored an co-directed a reportage for ARTE Television called 'The sea is bored of me' (15'), looking at the struggles of a young man in the Gaza Strip who lost his entire immediate family, killed during an Israeli attack in the summer 2014. In 2017, Anne Paq won the award 'International Photographer of the Year' in the documentary section for her series “Obliterated Families”. She is currently co-directing her first mid-length documentary, Not Just Your Picture (56') which will be released in 2020.
Produced for The Electronic Intifada
This video, done with two other videographers and photographers, shows the difficulties that thousands of Palestinian workers face everyday at the Bethlehem Israeli military checkpoint on their way to their work.
Produced for Arte Films
In the summer of 2014, Ala Balata lost his entire family during the 2014 Israeli military offensive. But he lives in the Gaza strip, so even if he wanted to, he will never be able to escape the memories of his lost loved ones. Every Ramadan, he reflects on his family's absence and tries to piece his life back together.
Produced for Al Jazeera English - Digital
More than 108,000 Palestinians lost their homes in July/August 2014 during the latest Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip. This work is a series of portraits of displaced children, standing in the middle of their destroyed room. A simple question was asked to them: what do you miss the most from your room?
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