cinema

Smiling woman wearing hijab towards sky

In camp of despair, a life rooted in love

Selma Dabbagh 4 February 2022

Birds surmount borders and barriers in Fadia’s Tree. Read more about In camp of despair, a life rooted in love

Man wearing a leather jacket sitting and smiling

Palestinian directors say no to UAE-Israel "colonial cinema" deal

Tamara Nassar 21 October 2020

Cultural, religious tolerance used as mask for collusion with Israel’s crimes. Read more about Palestinian directors say no to UAE-Israel "colonial cinema" deal

Man sits on rocky outcrop with back to camera

Journeying to freedom in a closed-off world

Ciaran Tierney 7 August 2020

Backpacking with a Palestinian passport in “Walled Citizen.” Read more about Journeying to freedom in a closed-off world

Everywhere displaced, everywhere watching

Selma Dabbagh 27 February 2020

Elia Suleiman’s “It Must Be Heaven” is a delightful and absurd journey through exile and loss. Read more about Everywhere displaced, everywhere watching

A young woman dances with her hands in the air amid crowd

An invigorating visit to the Palestine Underground

Riri Hylton 24 January 2019

How Palestinian DJs and producers are subverting Israeli barriers. Read more about An invigorating visit to the Palestine Underground

Scratchboard animation shows boy in foreground with children and older woman behind him

Slaughter of Gaza family reverberates 10 years later

Mousa Tawfiq 3 January 2019

Few suffered more than the Samounis during Israel’s unprecedented Cast Lead attack. Read more about Slaughter of Gaza family reverberates 10 years later

Woman wearing beaded gown stands on pedestal as two men sitting on chairs look on in bridal dress shop

Stuck between duty and decay

Selma Dabbagh 9 October 2018

An errand between a father and son becomes a truthful look at Nazareth and its people in Annemarie Jacir’s Wajib. Read more about Stuck between duty and decay

Six men wearing hoods in a dark room are put in various stress positions while a seventh man wearing a guard's uniform stands next to one of them

Palestinian torture survivors hunt ghosts of their past

Jesse Rubin 14 November 2017

Former prisoners star in Raed Andoni’s genre-bending new film. Read more about Palestinian torture survivors hunt ghosts of their past

Palestine's disappearing cinemas

Ahmad Al-Bazz Nablus 9 October 2017

There are only two Palestinian movie theaters currently operating in the West Bank. Read more about Palestine's disappearing cinemas

Aerial image of obliterated housing bloc in the Gaza Strip

A cinematic rejection of Gaza's isolation

Daryl Meador 20 July 2017

Basma Alsharif’s experimental first feature film draws on the tail-biting Ouroboros of Greek mythology. Read more about A cinematic rejection of Gaza's isolation