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- DirectorEmad BurnatGuy DavidiStarsEmad BurnatSoraya BurnatMohammed BurnatA documentary on a Palestinian farmer's chronicle of his nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army.
- DirectorBorhane AlaouiéStarsAbdallah AbbassiAhmad AyubSalim SabriDrama about a massacre of Palestinians at the hands of the Israelis in the years 1947-51.
- DirectorRashid Masharawi
- DirectorRashid MasharawiStarsMahmoud Abu JaziSalah HanounRamzi MaqdisiTwo Palestinian brothers plan on immigrating to Canada after the Israeli air force bombs their family home. Milad (Stereo) used to be a wedding singer but because his wife dies in the attack he doesn't want to live in palestine or sing anymore. The bombing also leaves his brother Samy mute and deaf. The two set about earning money for their travel to Canada by buying a secondhand sound system that they rent out for events in Ramallah.
- DirectorRashid MasharawiStarsMohammad BakriAreen OmariNour ZoubiAbu Laila used to be a judge, but because the government doesn't have the means to renew his assignment he is forced to be a taxi driver. On the day his daughter Laila becomes seven years old his wife insists that he'll be at home early and bring her a present and a cake. Abu Laila's has nothing else on his mind then completing this mission. But the daily life in Palestine has other plans.
- DirectorMahmoud al MassadStarsBashir Mammon MraishIsmael AbedSaeb Abu AlraghebAthens, 1983. The world press reports that 4-year old Bashir is killed in the assassination of his father, Mamoun Mraish, a top PLO lieutenant. Father and son are declared dead but when they arrive at the hospital Bashir turns out to be still alive. But if Bashir is fully alive today, what happened to the dream he and his father were believed to have died for?
- DirectorBassam Sammy ChekhesStarsRami Nihawi
- StarsBrett OlsenTony DenmanNicholas RomeroFocusing on a selection of nominated short filmmakers with an inside look at the emotions and experiences of those individuals up for some of the short film industry's most prestigious awards.
- DirectorRani MassalhaStarsSaleh BakriLaure de Clermont-TonnerreAhmad BayatraA male giraffe dies after a nocturnal air raid in a Palestinian zoo. The female giraffe stops eating. A boy and his father, the veterinarian of the zoo, look for a solution.
- DirectorUdi AloniMariam Abu KhaledBatoul TalebInspired by characters from 'Alice in Wonderland,' 'Waiting for Godot' and 'Antigone,' young Palestinian actresses deal with the military occupation and gender oppression, violence and grief, on stage and in life. Following the lead of their beloved director and peace activist, Juliano Mer-Khamis, who was murdered on April 4th, 2011 outside the Freedom Theater in the Jenin Refugee Camp in the West Bank, they use their imagination in an unpredictably brutal environment creating an artistic rebellion; a vivid and brave portrayal of a young, active generation of Palestinians.
- DirectorSuha ArajStarsManal AwadYasmine EliasFaten KhouryWarde, shamed as a young girl yet renowned in Palestine for her mystical seeing and matchmaking lives with her sister Jaleleh and reads the fortunes of her clients. Each woman has made or will make a choice between love and marriage, not having had the luxury of both.
- DirectorMais DarwazahStarsMuhannad HalawaniMaryam KanjNael KanjA woman takes a first time journey back to her Palestine. Accompanied by Hasan, her imaginary lover, she searches for his fantasy world and finds the remnants of hope in a land exhausted by endless year
- DirectorViola ShafikStarsAli BahzanAzza KamalThe film reflects the pessimistic mood of the immediate post Gulf War era. It adapts a sad short story by the poet and former Arab League ambassador Ibrahim Shokrallah and intercuts it with his biography. His painful description of a family's lemon tree which was cut down to build and sell a house seem to anticipate the future ordeals of his family starting with the military defeat in June 1967. Back from Canada his three children get involved in the anti-Zionist and leftist student movement of the early 1970s, are chased and imprisoned.
- DirectorScandar CoptiYaron ShaniStarsFouad HabashNisrin SiksikElias SabaAjami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.
- DirectorLarissa SansourStarsLarissa SansourLeila SansourMaxim SansourNation Estate is a 9-minute sci-fi short offering a clinically dystopian, yet humorous approach to the deadlock in the Middle East. The film explores a vertical solution to Palestinian statehood: One colossal skyscraper housing the entire Palestinian population - now finally living the high life.
- DirectorSylvain EstibalStarsSasson GabayBaya BelalMyriam TekaïaAfter a tempest, fishermen do not find only fish in their nets. That is what happens to Jafaar, a poor fisherman who lives poorly in Gaza. And what he hauls in is really upsetting : imagine that, a pig! An unclean animal judged impure not only by the Faith of Islam but also by the Jewish religion. Determined to get rid of the animal, Jafaar tries desperately to sell it, first to a United Nations official, then to a Jewish colony where Yelena raises pigs not for their meat but for security reasons. Of course, going unnoticed in the company of a "forbidden" animal, among his Palestinian brothers, past Israeli soldiers and under the scrutiny of Islamic fundamentalists is no bed of roses and a series of misadventures await Jafaar....
- DirectorKhaled JarrarA visceral Road Movie that chronicles the daily travails of Palestinians of all backgrounds as they seek routes through, under, around, and over a bewildering matrix of barriers.
- DirectorTawfik Abu WaelStarsHuda Al ImamAli BadarniSamir HawaAbout the emotional upheaval of a Palestinian couple's last moments before leaving voluntarily Jerusalem, their native city, to forge a brighter future in France.
- DirectorElia SuleimanStarsElia SuleimanNazira SuleimanFuad SuleimanA Palestinian expatriate filmmaker (Elia Suleiman) documents the loss of national identity in Israel's Arab population.
- DirectorElia SuleimanStarsElia SuleimanManal KhaderGeorge IbrahimSeparated by a checkpoint, Palestinian lovers from Jerusalem and Ramallah arrange clandestine meetings.
- DirectorElia SuleimanStarsMenashe NoyElia SuleimanBaher AgbariyaAn examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day.
- DirectorElia SuleimanStarsUla Tabari
- DirectorAnnemarie JacirStarsMahmoud AsfaRuba BlalSaleh Bakri1967. The world is alive with change: brimming with reawakened energy, new styles, music and an infectious sense of hope. In Jordan, a different kind of change is underway as tens of thousands of refugees pour across the border from Palestine. Having been separated from his father in the chaos of war, Tarek, 11, and his mother Ghaydaa, are amongst this latest wave of refugees. Placed in "temporary" refugee camps made up of tents and prefab houses until they would be able to return, they wait, like the generation before them who arrived in 1948. With difficulties adjusting to life in Harir camp and a longing to be reunited with his father, Tarek searches a way out, and discovers a new hope emerging with the times. Eventually his free spirit and curious nature lead him to a group of people on a journey that will change their lives. When I Saw You is the story of people affected by the times around them, in search of something more in their lives. A journey full of adventure, love, humor, and the desire to be free. A story of the human spirit that knows no borders.
- DirectorAnnemarie JacirStarsSuheir HammadSaleh BakriRiyad IdeisA romantic drama about a working-class woman and her experiences traveling back home.
- DirectorOmar Robert HamiltonStarsKais NashifMaya Abu AlhayyatSalwa NakkaraCaught between his brother's past and his child's future, one man's choice triggers catastrophe for his whole family.
- DirectorNora AlsharifStarsIbrahim AbbasKhaled al GhwairiMohammed IbrahimiA young Palestinian living in a refugee camp in 1949 struggles to escape the imminent death when him and his little brother heedlessly enter a minefield.
- DirectorAxel Salvatori-SinzA group of young people on the eve of adult life: the boys experiment all solutions to avoid doing their military service, but one of them decides to go for it, with the hope of making an easier life; the girls think about studying, meeting up with their boyfriends abroad, marrying soon.
- DirectorPascale Abou JamraStarsPascale Abou JamraYoussef MajedCharbel MansourAfter having lived 10 years in Israel, Mariam and her brother return to their native land in the South of Lebanon. Unfortunately, they feel rejected from their entourage because they are the children of an agent in the Lad army who was cooperating with the Israeli army before the release of the South of Lebanon in May 2000.
- DirectorAnnemarie JacirStarsTarek Abu AssabAshraf Abu MochReem Abu-SbaihOccupied Palestine: A serene landscape now pockmarked by military checkpoints. When a Palestinian film crew decides to avert a closed checkpoint by taking a remote side road, the political landscape unravels, and the passengers are slowly taken apart by the mundane brutality of military occupation. Both a visual poem and a narrative about the fragmentation of a people, "like twenty impossibles", also questions the politics of filmmaking and the opportunism of artists.
- DirectorSheryle CarlsonAn introduction to the popular struggle in Palestine: What is it? Why does it exist? What are the challenges in the movement? and What will be the next step? Speaking with Palestinian activists and intellectuals on the ground, the film shares concepts and ideas behind the culture and politics of the popular resistance, contributing to the discussion on the challenges and successes of the Palestinian fight against the Israeli occupation and to realize a nation. This film follows villagers' struggles against housing demolitions, Israeli settlements and building of the wall in the small town of Al-Ma'sara in the West Bank, exploring issues of human rights, women's rights and resistance tactics and strategies.
- DirectorMohammad BakriZahara is a Palestinian woman, from the village of al-Bane in the Galilee. Beginning with her childhood before the 1948 war, this compelling documentary takes us through the country's turbulent history, as seen through the eponymous heroine's eyes, and the perspectives of those around her. As Zahara grows, we experience the violent establishment of Israel, subsequent life under martial law (1948-1966), and the radical transformation of Palestinian society from a majority to a disenfranchised minority in their own homeland.
- DirectorRuben AmarStarsAbdallah El AkalHussein Yassin MahajneZaki HinnawiSuleiman, an eleven year old Palestinian boy, lives in a small village in the Gaza strip. Every month, he goes with his father to the ruins of a destroyed village. Though he doesn't understand the weird ritual in which his father is engaged, Suleiman feels he has a duty to help him.
- DirectorBasma AlsharifAn introduction to the Gaza Strip as a microcosm for the failure of civilization. In an attempt to describe the everyday of a place that struggles for the most basic of human rights, this video claims a perspective from within the domestic spaces of a territory that is complicated, derelict, and altogether impossible to separate from its political identity.
- DirectorVanessa RousselotStarsAyda QatanSharif KanaanaNidal BadarnyA young filmmaker decides to embark on an unusual quest: to find humor in the West Bank. Little does she realize that her offbeat road trip will lead her to discover a reality known to few beyond the walls surrounding Palestine.
- DirectorJessica HabieStarsAli SulimanGuy ElhananHaale GaforiMars At Sunrise is the story of a war waged on imagination.
- DirectorNahed AwwadFamilies living in the West Bank and Gaza are not allowed to meet in person, they can only speak on the phone and by video chat.
- DirectorNadim MishlawiStarsChawki AzouriBernard KhouryHazem Saghiyeh"Sector Zero" explores the macabre history of Karantina, an abandoned area located on the outskirts of Beirut, and uses this history as a metaphor for Lebanon's own troubled past.
- DirectorLaila Hotait SalasStarsMohammad al MasriZuhdi Al Adawi, a Palestinian artist imprisoned in the occupied territories, uses his art as his means of expression and is helped by the rest of the community and his own family to accomplish his artwork.
- DirectorNajwa NajjarStarsAshraf FarahAli SulimanHiam AbbassA free spirited Palestinian dancer becomes the wife of a prisoner.
- DirectorHisham ZreiqStarsSalem ZreiqIlan PappeAnise ZreiqA documentary film that tells the story of the human toll that Plan Dalet claimed on a small Palestinian village in the 1948 war. The story of the massacre, expulsion and return of Eilaboun.
- DirectorOssama BawardiStarsFadhil AlDooriSuad AmiryA story about nostalgia, loneliness, and the absence of love. Haneen is an old woman surviving within the memories of her home, struggling between slow monotony and her passion to rediscover life.
- DirectorJulia BachaFollows a Palestinian leader who unites Fatah, Hamas and Israelis in an unarmed movement to save his village from destruction. Success eludes them until his 15-year-old daughter jumps into the fray.
- DirectorGiacomo AbbruzzeseStarsAbdel Razaq Abu MeizerAdi GilatManar HarbAbed, a young Palestinian, enters Israel illegally by passing under the Wall, through the sewers. He works in a restaurant in the West of Jerusalem. On his day off, Abed decides to go home with a mysterious white box. It is the beginning of a long journey.
- DirectorMarco PasquiniStarsSwee ChaiAziza KhalidiEllen SiegelThe story of Gaza Hospital in Beyrouth and its inhabitants. 30 years of Lebanon history observed by a special point of view: a building that faces the Sabra and Chatila camps: the former PLO Hospital of Beyrouth. International volunteers coming from USA and UK, together with Palestine refugees tell the story of a building that has become, after the civil war, the biggest 'vertical refugee camp' in the world. Strong characters and a terrific archive give the director the opportunity to tell the 'great history' by a different point of view.
- DirectorRachel Leah JonesAyn Hawd is a Palestinian village that was captured and depopulated by Israeli forces in the 1948 war. In 1953 Marcel Janco, a Romanian painter and a founder of the Dada movement, helped transform the village into a Jewish artists' colony, and renamed it Ein Hod. This documentary tells the story of the village's original inhabitants, who, after expulsion, settled only 1.5 kilometers away in the outlying hills. This new Ayn Hawd cannot be found on official maps, as Israeli law doesn't recognize it, and its residents, deemed "present absentees" by the authorities, do not receive basic services such as water, electricity or an access road. Rachel Leah Jones' filmmaking debut is a critical look at the art of dispossession and the creativity of the dispossessed.
- DirectorGabriella BierStarsJasmin AvissarMenachem AvissarMiriam AvissarThe recently married couple Jasmin and Assi are forced to live separated. She lives in Berlin, he in Ramallah. They want desperately to make a life together but it proves to be an impossible task. When an Israeli marries Palestinian they are beyond security offered to other members of society at every turn they are faced with a Catch 22 situation. Israeli bureaucracy filled with suspicion and a menacing Palestinian society makes their life a nightmare.
- DirectorMuayad AlayanLaila HigaziPalestinians face an environmental and health crisis due to extensive stone mining that largely serves the Israeli construction needs.
- DirectorSaaheb CollectiveStarsNaama HadaleenEid Suleiman HadaleenEid is a Palestinian Bedouin living under Israeli occupation. Ever since he can remember, Eid has picked up scrap materials and turned them into art. By following Eid's creative process, this film celebrates the optimism and integrity which enables him to transform the machinery of occupation into an artistic expression of individuality and hope. Genre: Documentary Stop-Motion Animation. Time: 8 min Directed, produced and Edited by Saaheb Collective