A prison cell serves as an analogy for Israel’s occupation in Mai Masri’s debut feature. Read more about Israeli prison brutality dramatized in "3000 Nights" 

Gaza-born twins’ debut feature film has an almost entirely female cast. Read more about The suffocating lionesses of Gaza 

By telling the story of the singer Mohammed Assaf, Hany Abu-Assad has made a feelgood movie about Gaza. Read more about The triumph of an Arab idol 

 Campaigners who challenged Israel’s attempts to “pinkwash” its crimes were subjected to homophobic abuse. Read more about A battle in Seattle: outing the truth behind Israel's gay-friendly spin 

Israel’s occupation is the backdrop, not the story, in Love, Theft and Other Entanglements. Read more about Homage to Hollywood heists -- with a West Bank twist 

A People Without a Land could benefit from further exploration of the less familiar issues of single statehood. Read more about Film presents one-state solution as moral, practical outcome for Palestine