Palestinian Territories Movies

Azza El-Hassan's film portrayal of her neighbourhood of Ramallah, a town under fire in the current Middle East conflict. With the threat of violence severely limiting locals' activities, filming becomes the main event, especially for a group of children.

The affair of a married Palestinian man and a married Israeli woman in Jerusalem takes a dangerous political dimension when they are spotted in the wrong place at the wrong time, leaving them to deal with more than their broken marriages.

In THIS PALESTINIAN LIFE, director Philip Rizk uses an oral history approach to highlight the stories and perspectives of Palestinian villagers and Bedouin. This method avoids using "experts" to interpret the broader Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Rather, the f...

Despite the harsh reality of occupation, a young couple from Ramallah find ways of crossing conventional boundaries and celebrate life even under the most dreadful conditions.

Centers on the 10th-century princess and poet from Balkh, located in modern-day northern Afghanistan.

Baisanos follows the fans of the Club Deportivo Palestino, weaving a dialogue between Chile and Palestine. Through reflections on identity and return, two distant lands connect in a space of celebration, where hope for victory is the promise of a possible futu...

Seeking to decode a final, unanswered invitation, a filmmaker explores why the renowned Lebanese director Jocelyne Saab reached out for a collaboration just two months before her passing.

"Write Down, I am an Arab" tells the story of Mahmoud Darwish, the Palestinian national poet and one of the most influential writers of the Arab world. His writing shaped Palestinian identity and helped galvanize generations of Palestinians to their cause. Bor...

Two young boys run away from their mother’s protection and slack line on the danger of war to play music with the instrument they always dreamt to have.

Amidst the devastation of the genocide carried by Israel in Gaza, a group of circus performers refuse to let despair take center stage. One More Show follows The Free Gaza troupe; Youssef, Batout, Ismail, Mohamed and Just, after being displaced from northern t...

The film tells the compelling and moving stories of two remarkable young women living in Gaza and the struggle of Gazans trying to maintain their humanity and humor while hoping to find some sense of normality in a world that is anything but normal.

A visual artist from northern Gaza returns to her destroyed studio, searching for what remains of her artwork. She tells us about her paintings in an effort to hold her art exhibition in words.

Shayma’ was six years old when the Second Intifada broke out. More than twenty years later, she opens a box of old videotapes that starts her search for memories. In voice-over she addresses her mother, who says she is blessed with a poor memory. Shayma’, by c...

A young man from a refugee camp embarks on a perilous journey in order to fulfil his little brother's wish: to throw his milk tooth into the sea.

A Palestinian-American teenager hooks up with a disaffected youth and they set out to clean up the town. This hilarious coming-of-age tale with a Western flavor carries a bittersweet, political edge. Director Annemarie Jacir's first film. Set in Texas.

Amid Gaza's ruins, Aya's voice rises, seeking refuge in music, dreaming of peace, and the road back home.

Hind is a young karate athlete with a hearing disability. One day, after she is subjected to abusive behaviour at the training centre, her world becomes distorted. Hind must find a way to reclaim her power.

Three Palestinian siblings attempt to visit their bedridden grandfather who resides on the other side of the separation wall.

An encounter with three young Palestinian refugee filmmakers from the Deisheh camp, focused on their cinema endeavours. The encounter takes place via the recording machine, a Super 8 Nizo camera. Their discussion about making films as Palestinian refugees, abo...

An account of a young Palestinian woman living in the West Bank from the early 1980s up until 2003, including a period when her mother-in-law moved in during the Israeli invasion of Ramallah in March 2000.