Looking inward at the Chicago Palestine Film Festival
2 May 2013
This year’s festival featured work by filmmakers asking questions for their own community.
Arts and Culture
Honoring Palestinian history: filmmaker Annemarie Jacir on "When I Saw You"
29 April 2013
Annemarie Jacir on honoring the fedayeen who believed return to Palestine was a possibility.
Palestine film festivals to open in Chicago and London, plus other cinema news
19 April 2013
Paradise Now director Hany Abu-Assad’s new film selected for the Cannes Film Festival.
Listen! New music from Palestinian hip hop legends DAM as they kick off US tour
2 April 2013
“New melodies and rhythms that in our minds go beyond what is expected of traditional hip-hop.”
Get inspired and submit to right of return art and writing competition
28 March 2013
Submit photography, art and writing to BADIL’s seventh annual Al-Awda Award Competition.
Watch: Bent but not broken in Hadeel Assali's short video "Daggit Gazza"
1 February 2013
A traditional Gaza dish is used as a metaphor in this clever short.
Watch: Palestinian steadfastness honored in short animation "The Kite that Caught a Mountain"
29 January 2013
A uniquely stylized portrayal of the literal machine of Israeli occupation and exploitation of Palestinian land.
Watch: A fleeting moment of the 1948 Nakba in Ahmad Habash's short film "The Well"
25 January 2013
Three generations of Palestinian males find themselves running for their lives in this quietly beautiful short film.
New Palestine films to look out for (and others to watch online)
22 January 2013
Sophomore features by Cherien Dabis and Annemarie Jacir receive critical praise; recent documentaries now touring or available online.
Watch (and vote!): Alaa Al Ali's "Letter to Ahmad" nominated for best short film in online competition
10 January 2013
Palestinian filmmaker born in Lebanon up for Dragon Award for New Talent.