Edward Said: Between Worlds

إدوارد سعيد بين عالمين

Maiken Baird

United States

2026

108 min

Dutch Premiere

Best of Fests

Tickets & Times

Synopsis

As a professor at Columbia University, virtuoso pianist and incisive critic Edward Said operated at the very heart of the academic world. Yet from his birth in Jerusalem in 1935 to his death in New York in 2003, the Palestinian-American thinker remained a rootless outsider. No one deconstructed the Western gaze on the Middle East like Said did. He challenged world leaders, exposed dehumanizing language, and tirelessly spoke out against injustice.

Director Maiken Baird interweaves family films, television debates, and interviews to form a portrait of Said and his homeland. Said’s personal journey is inseparable from the history of Palestine, from his childhood in Jerusalem and the trauma of the Nakba in 1948 to his groundbreaking books on Orientalism and the Palestinian cause.

Edward Said: Between Worlds brings the voice of one of the 20th century’s most influential thinkers back to life. It is a compelling profile of a man who lived between two worlds and whose incisive insights at the intersection of culture, politics, and identity remain as relevant today as ever.

Tickets & Times

Accessibility

Fri, november 13

Public

14:00 – 15:54

Pathé City 3

Sat, november 14

Public

20:15 – 22:09

Rialto SILO Zaal 1

Sun, november 15

Public

Part of OneWorld Special, Talk hosted by OneWorld

12:45 – 15:11

Eye: Cinema 2

Tue, november 17

Public

Part of Oxfam Novib Specials, Edward Said: Between Worlds + Talk with Lilian Alibux (Oxfam Novib) and Phaedra Haringsma (journalist, photographer) moderated by Nawa Sira van Sluijs

17:30 – 19:56

Tuschinski 1

Wed, november 18

Public

15:00 – 17:16

Podium Mozaïek

Q&A

Sat, november 21

Public

Film screening followed by a talk, hosted by De Balie

18:30 – 20:56

De Balie: Grote Zaal

Credits

108 min

color / black and white

DCP

Spoken languages: English, Arabic

Director

Maiken Baird

Production

Sarah Mowaswes,

Razan Ghalayini for Jigsaw Productions,

Maiken Baird

Sarah Mowaswes,

Razan Ghalayini for Jigsaw Productions,

Maiken Baird

Co-production

Kelsey Koenig for Impact Partners,

Maya E. Rudolph for Louverture Films

Kelsey Koenig for Impact Partners,

Maya E. Rudolph for Louverture Films

Executive producer

Jenny Raskin,

Geralyn White Dreyfous,

Maiken Baird,

Sawsan Asfari,

Joslyn Barnes,

Frank Lehmann,

Alex Gibney,

Ian Darling,

Rasha Mansouri,

Hassan Elmasry,

Mohammad Al Zaibak,

Ihsan Essai,

Nasser Barghouti

Jenny Raskin,

Geralyn White Dreyfous,

Maiken Baird,

Sawsan Asfari,

Joslyn Barnes,

Frank Lehmann,

Alex Gibney,

Ian Darling,

Rasha Mansouri,

Hassan Elmasry,

Mohammad Al Zaibak,

Ihsan Essai,

Nasser Barghouti

Editing

Jay Sterrenberg,

Plummy Tucker,

R.A. Fedde

Jay Sterrenberg,

Plummy Tucker,

R.A. Fedde

Sound

Nelson Ferreira

Sound Design

Nelson Ferreira

Music

Kareem Roustom

World Sales

Dogwoof

Screening copy

Sarah Mowaswes

Stills

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