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1948, dir. Mohammed Bakri, (Palestine, 1998), documentary.
3 Cm Less, dir. Azza el-Hassan,, 60', (Palestine 2003) Arabic with English Subtitles
“How dare you leave this family and walk away?. This is what Reed says to her dead father who in 1972 hijacked a plane and died in the process. Her anger toward him is not very different from the anger which Samia, Surida and Sarah feel toward their mothers who were always too busy fighting the Israeli occupation to be present in their lives. These are the main characters in “3cm Less”, women who wish to reconcile with their family members by capturing their attempts to do so on tape.
Actes de Marusia, dir. Miguel Littin, (1976)
Adam & Eve, dir. Musallam, Izidore, 90', (Canada, 2003), feature.
A loose re-telling of the biblical story in contemporary settings. "Caution: If you have not sinned in your lifetime you will not relate to this story..."
Ali & His Friends, dir. Subhi Zbeidi, 10', (Palestine, 2000) Subhi Zbeidi presents a group of children from the Jalazone refugee camp, his home camp, as the heroes of this original documentary.
Alsino and the Condor (Alsino y el Condor) dir. Miguel Littin (1982) A young peasant boy living in a Central American country governed by a repressive regime dreams of flying with Condors. After an injury, the boy joins with a guerrilla force to fight for liberation.
The Arab Dream, (al-Hilm al-Arabi), dir. Elia Sulieman, 30' Beta SP, (Palestine/France, 1998). Commissioned by ARTE network as part of a series of films for the end of the millenium, this film is a travelogue through Jerusalem, Nazareth and Ramallah. The film is a meditation on quotidian injustices, and a formulation of an aesthetic and creative response to them.



Blanche's Homeland (Watan Blanche) dir Maryse Gargour, 28', BETA SP, colour
French, English, Arabic w/Subtitles English.
This intimate film, evocative and poetic, follows the steps of an elderly woman in the years between 1988 and 2001. Blanche was born in Jaffa, Palestine, where her parents were landowners, and was exiled in the 1948 war. Her life became a series of exiles, from Jaffa to Beirut to Europe and the U.S. Reflecting on the history she has lived, Blanche rebels against the amnesia of the world concerning the fate of the Palestinians, and through dialogues between her and the younger generations of exiled Palestinians, bears witness to the tenacity and permanence of their identity.
Bread (Le Pain). dir. Hiam Abbas. Fiction, 18’. 35mm (France, 2002). In rural France, a couple and their son are about to have lunch. There's no bread left. The father goes to buy some. Time passes and the mother goes off in turn to buy bread… This is the first film by noted Palestinian actress Hiam Abbas, most recently seen starring in Satin Rouge. (Grand Prize: 2002 Montpellier Mediterranian Festival)

Los Caminos de la Ira, Cronicas Palestinas dir. Miguel Littin, (Chile, 2002)
The Cane, dir. Abdel Salam Shehadeh, 26', (Palestine, 2000)
Canticle of Stones dir. Michel Khleifi, (Palestine/Belgium, 1990)
This documentary-feature tells the story of two Palestinians who fall in love during the sixties. Due to the political climate, their relationship is denied its full expression when he is condemned to life imprisonment for acts of resistance against the Israelis and she emigrates to America to overcome her sorrow. Eighteen years later, they meet at the height of the Intifada. She is now a scholar and is in Jerusalem to research the meaning of sacrifice in Palestinian society, only to find him liberated and working for an agricultural aid organisation. Their feelings for each other are rekindled but time has not made things any easier. They are surrounded with chaos and violence and must struggle once more to maintain their ties. This telling film of a relationship set against the turmoil of the Intifada hovers between reality and fiction, documentary and narrative, poetry and violence.
El Chacal de Nahueltoro (1968) de Miguel Littin
Childhood in the Midst of Mines, dir. Hicham Kayed, 18', (Lebanon, 2002), DVCam.
"We're deprived from playing because of the landmines, and our families are not able to cultivate the land." Israel left many landmines in South Lebanon when they withdrew from the country in May, 2000. Following Israel's withdrawal, many children continued to be injured by these mines. This film aims to prompt both government and public action to remedy this situation.
Children of Fire (Aftal Jebel Nar) dir. Mai Masri, (Lebanon, 1990) 50', Arabic with English Subtitles [Arab Film Distribution]
When filmmaker Mai Masri returned to her hometown of Nablus after a fourteen year absence, she discovered a new generation of Palestinian fighters: the children of the Intifada. Children of Fire captures their courageous story on film and paints a daring portrait of the Palestinian uprising.



Children of Shatila (Atfal Shatila) dir. Mai Masri, (Lebanon, 1998) 50', Arabic with English Subtitles [Arab Film Distribution]
Many people first became aware of the Shatila refugee camp in Lebanon after the shocking and horrific Sabra-Shatila massacre that took place there in 1982. Located in Beirut's "belt of misery," the camp is home to 15,000 Palestinians and Lebanese who share a common experience of displacement, unemployment and poverty. Fifty years after the exile of their grandparents from Palestine, the children of Shatila attempt to come to terms with the reality of being refugees in a camp that has survived massacre, siege and starvation. Director Mai Masri focuses on two Palestinian children in the camp: Farah, age 11 and Issa, age 12. When these children are given video cameras, the story of the camp evolves from their personal narratives as they articulate the feelings and hopes of their generation.


Chronicle of a Disappearance (Sijl al-Ikhtifa’) dir. Elia Suleiman. Fiction, 88’, 35mm film (France/Palestine, 1996). What does it mean to be Palestinian in the second half of the twentieth century? Filmmaker Elia Suleiman returned to the land of his birth to answer that question. Born in Nazareth in 1960, well after the establishment in 1948 of the State of Israel in historic Palestine, Suleiman lived for twelve years in self-imposed exile in New York. He returned to attempt to find his roots in a culture that had been uprooted. Chronicle of a Disappearance is a personal meditation on the spiritual effect of political instability on the Palestinian psyche and identity. (Best First Feature Award: 1996 Venice Film Festival)
The Cinder Keepers dir. Suha Arraf, (Palestine, 2001), documentary.
Close to Death, dir. Abdel Salam Shehadeh. 26', (Palestine, 1997)
Coming Back (Iyab) dir. Ahmed Habash, 7', Animation (Palestine, 2003)
Some birds immigrate, but all the birds keep coming back seeking the warmth of the homeland. This is the story of one.
Crossing Kalandia dir. Sobhi al-Zobaidi video, 52', (Palestine, 2002)
A video journal reflecting the life of a Palestinian family and a Palestinian town during one year of the intifada. Kalandia is the name of a refugee camp between Ramallah and Jerusalem, but more recently it has become the location of one of the most heavily-traveled Israeli checkpoints in the Palestinian territories. Shot between May 2001 and August 2002, Crossing Kalandia offers a unique perspective on recent events in Palestine.
Curfew, dir. Rashid Masharawi, 75', (Palestine, 1994).
A unique dramatization of the human cost of the Arab-lsraeli conflict. Set during an endless curfew in a quiet Palestinian quarter of occupied Gaza, the film evokes the pressures and displacements of life under siege: the spookily quiet streets; the mounting despair and frustration; the tear gas clouds and electricity outages; the crackle of loudspeakers and the headlights sweeping the night. Curfew conveys the Palestinian side of the Middle East crisis, but its insights would be equally valid for any place where civil liberties are routinely suppressed and ordinary life is not permitted to be ordinary.
Cut (Tahady) Nizar Hassan, 20', (Palestine, 2000)
Commissioned for the Arab Screen Festival of March 2000 as part of a series of films on the much publicized killing of Mohamed Al-Dorra, Tahady (the Challenge), is an account of the director’s own drastically aborted attempts to meet with his crew in Ramallah to discuss the possibility of making the short film in question. The meeting is complicated by the fact that Hassan happens to be an Israeli citizen.
Cyber Palestine dir. Elia Suleiman (Palestine, 2000)
A modern day Joseph and Mary living in Gaza, try to reach Bethlehem on the turn of the millenium -- to arrive on time would be a miracle.
Dahiet al-Bareed, dir. Rosie Nashishibi , experimental, 16mm
Filmed in a West Bank neighbourhood designed by her architect grandfather in 1956 and now marooned behind an army checkpoint. Instead of making any overtly political point, the film quietly follows aimless lives, lads playing football, a bored child setting fire to a heap of rubbish.
Debris (Radm) dir. Abdel Salam Shehada, 10' (Palestine 2002), Arabic with English subtitles
A Palestinian family’s land, once covered with olive trees and crops, has been bulldozed by Israeli forces. Debris is not simply the story of a farmer whose house is bulldozed and whose farm is destroyed. Debris is a fantasy… of dreams to fly far away in order to touch the sky, to break out of the despair of reality. Debris is the story of an entire generation who inherited humiliation and ignominy. It is a story of men crying…
Destruction, (Ijtiyah), dir Nizar Hasan, 60' (Palestine, 2003)
An Israeli soldier views a documentary about the aftermath of the Israeli invasion of Jenin refugee camp. He is one of the drivers of the bulldozers that caused massive destruction in the camp. The camera moves between demolished homes and alleys, echoing the hopes and fears of the Palestinian people and their basic right to live in peace. This is the story of simple dreams being wiped out by the invasion.



Diary of a Male Whore (Yawmiyat Ahir) dir. Tawfik Abu Wael, 14', (Palestine 2001) Arabic w/English subtitles.
Esam, a young Arab war refugee who lives in Tel Aviv, makes his living as a male prostitute. His physical pleasures, which make him forget his hunger, remind him constantly of his childhood memories in his home village.

Diary of an Arts Competition, dir. Omar Al-Qattan, Documentary, Beta SP, 17’ (UK/ Palestine 2002)

In the early autumn of 2002, seven young Palestinian artists gather in Ramallah to present their work in a group exhibition for an Arts Competition. Three others, unable to attend because of the total closure of the Gaza Strip where they live, send their work through the French and British diplomatic bags.Three jurors brave the closures and travel to Ramallah from Jerusalem, Cuba and France. The film is a video diary, which recounts the events surrounding the exhibition and explores some aspects of art’s relationship with resistance, politics and violence.
Dignified Life (Karama al-'Aysh) dir. Hanna Musleh, 52', (Palestine 2002)
A camera follows four handicapped children and their families through the margins of a society that struggles for autonomy and independence.







Divine Intervention (Yadun Ilahi) dir. Elia Suleiman 35mm, 92min (Palestine, 2002)
In Nazareth, under a guise of normalcy, the town embraces folly. The Palestinian people, unable to act on their feelings of oppression, take out their hostilities on one another.
A love story takes place between two Palestinians: a man living in Jerusalem and a woman living in Ramallah. The man shifts between his ailing father and his love life, trying to keep both alive. Because of the political situation, the woman's freedom of movement ends at the Israeli army checkpoint between the two cities. Barred from crossing, the lovers' intimate encounters take place on a deserted lot right beside the checkpoint. The lovers are unable to exempt reality from occupation. They are unable to preserve their intimacy in the face of a siege. A complicity of solemn desire begins to generate violent repercussions and, against the odds, their angry hearts counter-attack with spasms of spectacular fantasy. (Winner: Jury Prize, 2002 Cannes Film Festival)
Dreams and Silence (Ahlam fi Faragh), dir. Omar Al-Qattan Documentary, UK 1991
A portrait of a Palestinian refugee in Jordan and her struggles with the religious and social constraints around her at a time of great tension and anguish preceding the Gulf War.
End of the Line, dir. Suha Arraf, (Palestine, 1999), documentary.
Enough Already, dir. Suzy Salamy, (USA, 1998), documentary.
Chronicle of a Palestinian immigrant family through three generations in Brooklyn, New York.
Effaced dir. Nadine Shamounki, 19', (USA 2002)
In this short documentary film, the director and her father explore the meaning of identity on the face of war and the loss it entails. Shamounki explores her family history as she takes her camera long the terrain of this story of memory and identity.
The Evergreen Oak, dir. Majdi El-Omari, 26', (Canada, 1993), Beta, documentary.
Fadwa: A Palestinian Poet (Fadwa, Sha'ira min Filastin) dir. Liana Badr, 52', (Palestine, 1999).
The film traces the life of the great Palestinian poetess, Fadwa Tuqan.




Fertile Memory (Athakira Al-Khasba) dir. Michel Khleifi. Fiction/Documentary, 99’, 16mm film (Belgium/Palestine, 1980). Written in 1978, Fertile Memory was the first film to be made by a Palestinian director inside Israel's pre-1967 borders. Neither a documentary nor a feature film, Fertile Memory recounts the lives of two very different Palestinian women: Farah Hatoum, a widow living with her children and grandchildren, and Sahar Khalifeh, a West Bank novelist. Their differing opinions and differing lives play an important role in underlining their shared status as Palestinians under Israeli rule, and as women in a male-dominated society. Yet despite these contrasts, both mother and intellectual share the same struggle for freedom and dignity. (1981 Cannes Film Festival).
For Archives Only, dir. Enas I. Muthaffar, 30', (Egypt/Palestine, 2001). Documentary
An illustration for the Intifada’s psychological impact on Palestinian children, which shows five stories of five kids trying to portray what the word OCCUPATION means.
Foreign Nights, dir. Musallam, Izidore, (Canada, 1989), Feature.
A Toronto teenager pursues a dream of becoming a creative dancer, to the consternation of her Palestinian immigrant parents. The father considers an arranged marriage to a man in their homeland to straighten his Canadianized daughter out.
Ford Transit, dir. Hany Abu-Assad. Fiction, 80', 35mm (Palestine, 2002)
Four Songs for Palestine (Arba'a Aghani Li Filasteen) dir. Nada El-Yassir, Fiction, 13’, Beta SP (Palestine, 2001) Every day is a bad-news day in a tiny place in this world called Palestine. Death has become very much part of daily life on the West Bank and Gaza. A Palestinian woman goes through the daily routines of eating, drinking, and feeding her son while the news of the conflict permeates her mundane chores.

Frontiers of Dreams and Fears (Ahlam Al-Manfa) dir. Mai Masri, (Lebanon, 2001) 56', Arabic with English Subtitles [Arab Film Distribution]Award-winning Palestinian filmmaker Mai Masri's most recent work traces the delicate friendship that evolves between two Palestinian girls: Mona,a resident of the economically marginalized Beirut refugee camp and Manar, an occupant of Bethlehem's Al-Dheisha camp under Israeli control. The two girls begin and continue their relationship through letters until they are finally given the opportunity to meet at the border during the Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon. When the intifada suddenly erupts around them, both girls face heart-breaking changes in their lives.
The Green Bird, (al-Tir al-Akhdhar) dir. Liana Badr, 52' (Palestine, 2002)
"To make this film, I didn't look far -- I met the everyday children in my street and neighborhood. I wanted to find a space where they could express their dreams. It is in the imagination that children struggle against the extermination that threatens their people."
Global Coverage, dir. Leila Sansour, 6:30' Digi-Beta (/Palestine/UK, 2002)
British comedian and columnist Jeremy Hardy makes a rash decision to travel to Palestine in March 2002 just before the invasion of Bethlehem and the siege of the Nativity Church. He travels there to join a campaign to protect Palestinian farmers against the hostility of settlers but finds himself caught up in the events of the invasion. In the summer of 2002, Jeremy he decides to go back again, but this time, in a manner of speaking, to take on the Israeli army.
God Forbid!, dir. Hicham Kayed, 26', (Lebanon, 2001), DVCam.
The reality of life in the refugee camps blocks the dreams of children and becomes a nightmare for Halim. He is thinking of leaving school to support his family, while his friends spend the vacation acting as fortune-tellers
Going Home (Al-'Aouda) dir.Omar Al-Qattan, 1996, Beta SP, 50', Palestine/UK, In English and Arabic with French or English subtitles
In late 1947, Palestine is a country in the throes of war between Palestine's Arabs and Jews. The British government is officially responsible for maintaining law and order but it quickly loses control and decides to abandon the country on May 15th 1948, leaving behind a war which was to lead to the tragic dispossession of over three quarter million Palestinian Arabs of their homes and the creation of the state of Israel. One man, Major Derek Cooper, witnessed those final days of the Mandate as an officer in the British army responsible for the protection of the Arab city of Jaffa . His experiences there marked him so deeply that he continued to work on behalf of Palestine's refugees for most of his life. The film tells the story of his return to Palestine/Israel in the summer of 1995.
The Gypsy Quarters dir. Suha Arraf, documentary, Palestine, 1998
Hanan Ashrawi: A Woman of Her Time dir. Mai Masri/Jean Chamoun, Video, 50', (Lebanon/Palestine, 1995) Arabic w/ English subtitles
In the stormy aftermath of the peace accord signed between Israel and the PLO, Palestinian spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi emerged as a formidable negotiator and a persuasive voice on the international stage. But beyond the polished rhetoric and the public poise, what drives the 47-year-old mother of two whose high profile and personal integrity have made her enemies as well as friends?


Haifa dir. Rashid Masharawi Drama, 75'., 35mm (Palestine/The Netherlands, 1995)
Though he lives in Gaza, his name is Haifa and he dreams of returning to the city of the same name. He may be the local fool, but he sees and understands much about the hopes and aspirations of his Gaza relatives: Abu Said hopes for an improvement in the political situation, since it means the release of his eldest son from prison. His wife already has her eye on a bride for the boy. A younger son, cynical and rebellious, believes in nothing, while their 12-year-old daughter is a romantic, dreaming of the future's largesse. (Cannes Film Festival, 1995)
Haifawi dir Darwish Abu Al Rish, 52', (Palestine, 2000)
A documentary which chronicles the lives of an elder Palestinian generation who decided to stay in their homes in Haifa after 1948. The film's subjects are aged women and men who are over seventy, still living in Haifa, narrating their personal experience through the 1948 Nakba, when their families were exiled from their homeland.
Heaven Before I Die, dir. Musallam, Izidore, 98', (Canada, 1997) fiction.
A tale of life and love un-folding in Toronto where the handsome but sheltered Jacob arrives from Palestine. Culture shock sets in when Jacob is taken under the wing of petty thief and the beautiful Selma. When the young man's innocence meets the realities of modern life chaos ensues love fills the air and a special magic begins. Co-starring Omar Sharif with special appearances by Joe Bologna and Burt Young.
Her Story dir. Suha Arraf, documentary, Palestine, 2000
Holy Fire, dir. Suha Arraf, documentary, Palestine, 2001
Human Rights are Women's Rights dir. Abdel Salam Shehadeh, 25', (Palestine, 1995)
Human Shield Theory dir. Leila Sansour, 6:30' (Palestine/UK, 2003)
A short film about becoming a human shield and about one's reasons for taking up what might appear as another people's battle.
Humus al-Eed dir. Rashid Masharawi, 12' (Palestine 2003)
Layla is a Palestinian girl who lives in Paris. Her parents live in Palestine. She follows closely her parents’ news through widely-transmitted daily T.V reports: pictures about war, starvation and disasters occurring worldwide but especially in her homeland. She writes a letter to her parents telling them that she has decided to stop listening to the T.V news and to prepare Humus (a popular Arabic dish that is well known in Palestine) to welcome the feast.
I Am Little Angel, dir. Hanna Musleh, 40' (Palestine, 2000)
Shot in Bethlehem during the second Intifada, this documentary tells the touching story of three children who by force of events became victims of the indiscriminate violence by the Occupation Forces. AS they and their families grapple with the trauma and its ramifications, the view gets a unique chance of witnessing the scale and magnitude of the tragedy of the Palestinian people, children and adults alike.
Independence (Istiqlal) dir. Nizar Hassan, 25' (Palestine, 1994)
This film explores the dilemmas Israel’s "Independence Day” poses to Palestinian citizens of Israel. Forced by the economic realities of jobs that depend on Israeli authorities, schoolteachers and truck drivers swallow their feelings of humiliation and observe Israeli national rites
In God's House dir. Yahya Barakat , 42' (Palestine, 2002)
In My Own Skin dir. Jennifer Jajeh & Nikki Byrd, 16', (USA, 2001), documentary.
“In My Own Skin” is a meditation on the complexities of the Arab American experience through candid interviews with five young Arab women living in New York in October 2001.
In the Ninth Month, (Bahodesh Hathi'i ) dir. Ali Nassar. Fiction, 108’, Beta SP (Israel/Palestine, 2002) A folk legend that spread through the Arab villages during the days of Ottoman rule tells of a mysterious old man who steals naughty children. Residents of a village become about a child who is missing. Ahmad, with his strange manners and black dress, is suspected of being the kidnapper. Yet, there is good reason for his behavior - his brother Khalil, a refugee from Lebanon, has just snuck into the village - but revealing it would threaten his life and the lives of those around him. Buried under the legend, the characters are brought to life in an imaginary reality.
Invasion (Ejteyah), dir. Nizar Hassan.
Jenin, Jenin, dir. Muhammad Bakri. Documentary, 54’, Beta SP (Palestine, 2002). A few days after the April 2001 invasion of the Jenin refugee camp by the Israeli military, a camera crew shoots at the site: it captures the camp at a time when the people still have not fully understood what happened. The film is not an informational report about these events, but a description of the traces left by the events that marked the souls of the inhabitants. It depicts resistance, heroism and victory despite disasters, despite victims, and despite the destruction of lives. (2003 Locarno Film Festival)
Jeremy Hardy vs. the Israeli Army, dir. Leila Sansour. Documentary, 52’. Beta SP (U.K./Palestine, 2002). British comedian Jeremy Hardy makes a rash decision to travel to Palestine in March 2002 just before the invasion of Bethlehem and the siege of the Nativity Church. He joins a campaign to protect Palestinian farmers against the hostility of settlers but finds himself caught up in the events of the invasion. He decides to return later, but this time - in a manner of speaking - to take on the Israeli army. (World Premiere)









Jerusalem’s High Cost of Living dir. Hazim Bitar, DV, 5', (Palestine/USA, 2001)
A few weeks after the beginning of the final stage in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, a Palestinian-American filmmaker embarks on a journey back to his city of ancestry, Jerusalem. Instead of finding his Israeli neighbors mobilizing for peace, he encounters unexpected hostility. It was an ominous sign. Days later, the Jerusalem Uprising breaks out after Sharon's fateful incursion into the Noble Sanctuary (Al-Aqsa). The filmmaker finds himself in the eye of the storm as a witness to tragedies of fellow Palestinian Jerusalemites who are gunned down mercilessly by Israeli soldiers before his very eyes. At the Makassed Hospital in Jerusalem, the filmmaker lives the drama of a number of Jerusalemite families as they cope with death, injury, and injustice. As the toll mounted, one person symbolized the tragic losses of the first day of the Intifada. On Friday September 29, 2000, the 23-year-old Osama Mohammad Jaddah, an African-Palestinian from the Old City of Jerusalem, was on his way to give blood but was gunned down by an Israeli sniper at the Makassed Hospital. According to the Israeli media, his mother Wafa sent him to die for a cash reward and a photo opportunity. This couldn't be further from the truth…
The Last Frontier (al-Hudud al-Akhira) dir. Saed Andoni, 32' (Palestine, 2002)
Christmas 2001, the director travels to Washington to visit his brother and his family. Far from the intifada, they live in the frustration of exile, and ask questions about the meaning of their identity.
A Life’s Wish (Omniat Omor) Ahmad Habash, 3', Animation, (Palestine, 2003)
Yasser Arafat' s life wish…


Like Twenty Impossibles (Ka'inna 'Ashrun Mustaheel), dir Annemarie Jacir, 17', 35mm (Palestine/USA 2003)
In a landscape now interrupted by military checkpoints, a group of Palestinian filmmakers attempt to reach Jerusalem. When they decide to avoid a closed checkpoint by taking an unused side road, the landscape unravels, and the passengers are slowly taken apart by the mundane brutality of military occupation. “like twenty impossibles” is both a visual poem and a narrative, questioning the space between fiction and reality, and the politics of art and resistance. (2003 Cannes Film Festival)
Light at the End of the Tunnel (al-Dhou fi Akhar al-Nafaq) dir. Subhi Zobaidi, 47', (Palestine, 2001)
Since 1967, thousands of Palestinians have been incarcerated in Israeli prisons. After the Oslo accords, some were released. These women and men had a difficult time readapting after years of reclusion. Four men and four women share their difficulties with integration into a new life, their traumas and the tensions that exist in their families within a new Palestinian society.
Little Hands, dir. Abdel Salam Shehadeh, 26', Beta SP, (Palestine, 1996)
A documentary exploring the phenomenon of child labour in Gaza. The film tells the moving stories of four children, looking into the economic, social and political conditions that led them into the workforce at a young age, and examining the impact and implications for their families, the society and their future.
Local (Mahali), dirs Imad Ahmed, Ismail Habash, Raed Al Helou, Documentary, 52’, Beta SP (Palestine, 2002). The three filmmakers, who work as TV news cameramen in Ramallah, are caught in their offices when the Israeli military occupies the city in March 2002. This film is a chronicle of the days they spent inside, under curfew, as the siege of Arafat’s compound dragged on. Its follows the mundane realities of trying to live under a military curfew with humor and dignity, and ends with their escape from the office.
Looking Awry (Chawal) dir. Sobhi al-Zobaidi, 29', (Palestine 2001) in Arabic with English Subtitles
A Palestinian filmmaker is commissioned by an American organization to make a documentary film, which is to depict Jerusalem as a city of peace and coexistence between Jews and Arabs. But and while making the film, the filmmaker keeps running into situations that are very different from what he is trying to depict. The reality of things on the ground, proves to be much stronger than its representation.
Los Caminos de la Ira, Cronicas Palestinas dir. Miguel Littin, (Chile, 2002)
Makloubeh (Upside Down) dir. Rashid Masharawi, (Palestine, 2000)
Makloubeh or Upside Down is the name of a typical Palestinian dish that gives the film its title. Rashid Mashharawi uses the theme of food to explore Palestinian identity. With disarming humor, his depiction of rural simplicity and the bucolic freshness of this shots help him achieve his objective.
Meen Erhabe, dir. Jacqueline Salloum
Midwest dir: Rosalind Nashashibi, 11mins. 16mm/Beta experimental, (USA, 2002)
Midwest goes from morning until dusk following the dispossessed and immigrant
communities in Omaha, Nebraska
The Milky Way, dir. Ali Nassar, 104', (Israel) 1997, Color, In Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles,
A story set in a Palestinian village inside Israel during 1964, the final year of Israeli military occupation in the Galilee, and concerns he peoples lives under military rule.
Mixed Marriages in the Holy Land, dir. Michel Khleifi, 50', (Palestine/UK, 1995).
A look at the lives and loves of eight interfaith and interethnic couples in Israel and occupied Palestine.
Moon Sinking (Ofol al Qamar), Dir. Ahmad Habash, Fiction, 50’, Beta SP (Palestine, 2001).
This is a story about the last days of the lives of seven people before the collision of the Moon into the Earth. It is about the daydreams of a young man, the silence of a lonely widow, the ramblings of a village idiot, the anxiety of a boy with a toothache, the cravings for freedom of a prisoner on a hunger strike, the fantasies of a young woman in love and the plans for a better future of an couple about to immigrate.
The Mountain, (Al Jebel), dir. Hanna Elias. Fiction, 35', 16mm (Palestine/USA, 2002).
Mythology (Ustura) dir. Nizar Hassan, 93' (Palestine, 1998)
The Khalil family, from the village of Saffuri, was dispersed in the war of 1948. Only the grandfather decided to stay in what became Israel, along with his youngest son Salim. Now an adult, Salim has an Israeli passport, and wants to reunite his dispersed family, including his brothers, who he does not know.
My Very Private Map, dir. Subhi Al Zobaidi, 20', Video (Palestine 1998)
Why is it easier for the director to go to New York than to Gaza? This film is a personal reflection on the 50th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba. The director combines archival images of the Nakba with images of life today to express feelings about the events of 1948 and the consequences for this people.
Naim & Wadee'a, dir. Najwa Najjar, 20m (Palestine, 1999) Arabic with English subtitles
A documentary exploring social life in Yaffa before 1948 through a'iature portrait of a Palestinian couple, Wadee’a Aghabi and Naim Azar, constructed through the oral histories presented by their daughters and relatives.
Nazareth 2000 (Nasira Alfein) dir. Hany Abu-Assad, 55' (Palestine/Netherlands, 2000)
Returning to his native city just months before the new millennium, filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad, captures the daily, idiosyncratic beats of Nazareth - a city both Christian and Muslim consider one of the most sacred in the world. Today, 72 percent of the inhabitants are Muslim, but most of the land is owned by Christian institutions - a situation that causes great tension. Set against the background of the riots surrounding a square that both Christians and Muslims lay claim to, Abu-Assad allows his story, NAZARETH 2000, to unfold through the eyes of two cynical, funny and wise gas station attendants who have been working at the service station for decades. Their comments on the political and social conditions of their city paint both a tragic and subtle image of its inhabitants.
Newstime (Zaman Al-Akhbar) dir Azza El-Hassan, 54', Video, Palestine 2001
This documentary film celebrates life's little details, and at the same time reveals the layers of our relationship with death and life. The film is a diary of the director's life and that of four boys who live in her neighborhood. As political reality worsens, the five characters find that their life's small details are taken over by political events.
Night of Soldiers dir. Mohammed al Swalmeh 2002 15', Beta SP (Palestine, 2002).
A short film offering an impressionistic glimpse into the experience of Palestinians in Ramallah living under military siege.
Nothing to Lose, dir. Izidore Musallam , 90', (Canada, 1994), feature.
A young man who has learned early in life to fight for what he believes in must take on the city's crime lords single-handedly after they kill his father and the rest of his family. With no one left, he has nothing to lose.
A Number Zero (Ala Sefer) dir. Saed Andoni , 2002, 27min, DVCAM
The filmmaker returns to his hometown of Bethlehem during the Israeli army invasion of the city in April 2001. He goes to a barber to cut his hair and finds that the barbershop represents a microcosm of the community that comes to the shop in order to seek refuge from the warring world outside. The shop’s regular patrons strive for a measure of normalcy in their conversations and the enactment of their usual rhythms of life.
Obstacle dir. Nida Sinnokrot, documentary, Palestine/USA, 2003
In June of 2002, on the brink of the U.S. war on Iraq, the construction of a 230-mile barrier began. Though it is referred to as a “security fence” by Israel, the form changes along the route, and near large cities it is actually a concrete wall twice as high as the former Berlin Wall. Obstacle is a feature documentary that explores the Palestinian/Israeli conflict through tracing the construction of the Israeli Apartheid Wall. The wall will serve as a thematic backbone, through which the documentary will examine several key issues: the silent yet critical war over natural resources, the threat to peace posed by Israeli settlements, and the idea of “transfer” now openly discussed as a way to purge Palestinians from their ancestral land. Obstacle also explores the importance of the Israeli left, the many internationals in solidarity with Palestinians, and the emergence of a non-violent resistance movement. The film’s unique approach immerses the viewer in the confusion and desperation the Palestinians encounter daily as they seek to understand this wall’s impact on their lives.
Obscure Territory dir. Suha Arraf, documentary, Palestine, 2000
Oh, Grandmother (Ah Ya Sity), dir. Enas I. Muthaffar, 5', (Eygpt, 2000) Beta SP, documentary.
A historical overview vis-à-vis Palestine, especially the history of Jerusalem, through my grandmother’s eyes. She tells her side of the story since childhood, while the Ottoman Empire was still colonizing Palestine.
The Olive Harvest, dir. Hanna Elias, Color, 90'. (USA/Palestine 2003)
A love story set in contemporary Palestine, of a woman in love with two men in a rapidly deteriorating world.
Once Again: Five Palestinian Human Rights Stories/ 58 min./ Palestine, 2001
Produced by: Institute of Modern Media, Al Quds University, George Khleifi. Shorts by Ismael Habbash, Nada el-Yassir, Tawfiq Abu Wael, Najwa Najjar and Abdel Salam Shehadeh.
Our Dreams… When? dir. Hicham Kayed, 16', (Lebanon, 2001)
Written and directed by Palestinian youth living as refugees in Lebanon. The young writers enter the film as a group of friends whose daydreams become a reality. Mohammed, the journalist, covers the young photo exhibit in the camp, Rabab flies across all borders, Muna becomes a doctor, Walid finally sings on stage and Zeinab directs a film.
Our Nights and Our Mornings, dirs. Ibdaa Video Workshop, 4’, Beta SP (Palestine, 2001). During the summer of 2001, a three week intensive video workshop was conducted with youth ages 11-13, at Ibdaa Cultural Center in Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem. The youth were involved in every step of the process from developing an idea to storyboarding, shooting and editing. They made 3 short videos including Our Nights and Our Mornings, which is an experimental piece exploring the young people’s dreams and morning thoughts.
Out of Place by Azza al Hassan
In Out of Place, each image and each place conjures up spaces that preoccupy the director Azza Al-Hassan; be it heaven or hell or the earth in between, each space evokes the spirits of the past, present and future, and amalgam history, geography and fantasy into a subjective experience that is uniquely intimate and universally appealing.
Palestinian Windows (Shababik Falesiniyah) dir. Ala’ Abu-Ghoush, Ahmad Habash, Esmail Habbash, Dima Abu-Ghoush, Mohammad Jaber, 10', (Palestine 2002)
“Shababik Falastiniyah” comprises five short films made by young Palestinian directors. Each chose his/her window to show part of daily life in Palestine during the long siege of the West Bank and Gaza.
Palestine, A People's Record (Filastin, Sijl Sha'b), dir. Kais al-Zobaidi 110', (Palestine 1984) 16mm Arabic
This extraordinary record of Palestine from 1917 to 1974, with its compelling and irrefutable archival footage, still stands as a major filmic testament to the complex modern history of Palestine

Palestine for Dummies,
dir. Sobhi Al-Zubeidi, 16', experimental, English language (Palestine 2003)

An experimental movie in which the director creates a monotony from black and white pictures from Al Nakba and written scrolls of UN regulations, that all create a sense of how this Palestine is for dummies.
Palestine Is Waiting
 Falafel Daddy Productions, USA, 10”, 2001
A brief introduction to some of the main issues associated with the Palestinian Right to Return and why it is a key issue in forging a just peace in the Middle East made by a collective of Palestinian filmmakers based in the United States.
Paul the Carpenter (Bulous al-Najjar), dir. Ibrahim Khill, 52', 16mm (Palestine/France, 1999)
A portrait of Paul Gautier, a young priest who studied theology in the Dijon seminary in France. In 1957, he decided to go to live in the Holy Land, to live with the people. Based in Nazareth, his conscience opened to the drama of the Palestinian people, and so began a construction project to give back to them what he could.
Planet of the Arabs dir. Jacqueline Salloum
A Post Oslo History dir. Annemarie Jacir, (USA, 1998) experimental
A moment at the Bethlehem checkpoint, five years after the signing of the Oslo Accords, tracing the futility of the "peace" accords, as restrictions of Palestinian freedom of movement remain stagnant. The quiet right before a storm, a dream deferred.
The Promised Land (la Terre promise), 120's (1973) New Yorker Films,
A drama set in the days after the 1929 stock-market crash in Chile, examining the social changes it brought about.
A Propos de l'Autre, dir. Majdi El-Omari, 60', (Canada, 1996), documentary.
The Question of Assaad, dir. Majdi El-Omari, 15', (Canada, 1988), 16mm, fiction.
Quintessence of Oblivion (Jawhar al-Nisiyan) dir. Najwa Najjar, 108' (Palestine, 2002)
The film retraces the social life of the residents of Jerusalem, through archival footage and interviews, focussing on the role of al-Hamra Cinema and its demise.
The Quiver of the Branch by the Wind, dir. Majdi El-Omari, 26', (Canada, 1990), 35mm, fiction.
Ramallah Short Cuts, Summer 2001, dir. Suha Arraf, 6', (Palestine, 2003) documentary.
"The central street of the city of Ramallah in the Occupied Territories is alive 24 hours a day. Its rich and colorful human landscape encapsulate the socio-political state of the Palestinian people--their anger, sorrow, joys and the banalities of daily life, in the midst of their struggle for independence." -Suha Arraf








Rana’s Wedding (Jerusalem, Another Day) Dir. Hany Abu-Assad, 35mm, 87min, (Palestine, 2002) Arabic w/ English subtitles
Rana, a young Palestinian woman sneaks out of her father's house at daybreak. It is the day she is set to go with her father to Egypt, but she doesn't want to leave. She wants to stay in Jerusalem with her boyfriend and does not want to marry any of the men her father has selected. She wanders through East Jerusalem and Ramallah, looking for her true love, Khalil. Upon finding him she tries to organize the wedding and convince her father to give his consent. For this is in her view the only way to remain here. While the people of East Jerusalem and Ramallah are living under oppression and occupation, while abnormal things like roadblocks and barriers, soldiers and guns are becoming the reality of everyday life, normal things like love or a wedding become fiction.

Website: http://www.ranaswedding.com/
Reflection, 1’, Beta SP, Experimental (USA 2002)
A short film about the need for tolerance after the tragic events of 9/11, made using a memorial wall in Adams Morgan, Washington D.C.


Road 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel
Dir. Michel Khleifi & Eyal Sivan, documentary, 270’ (Germany/France 2003)

Walls continue to be raised, barbed-wires laid down, new borders succeeding those already present in the collective unconscious of both peoples. What can cinema do before a situation so desperately devoid of hope? Sivan and Khleifi, faced with the tragic torments shaking their societies, come together in a sort of filmic act of faith. They believe that the only "realistic" solution rests in the prospect of a bi-national state where citizens share equal rights and duties for peaceful coexistence.
Roadblocks (Hawajiz al-Tariqat) dir. Hanna Elias, 30' (Palestine/USA, 2002)
At the time of filming, there were 274 Israeli checkpoints in autonomous Palestinian areas. Crossing them provides a real difficulty for thousands of Palestinians, young and old, who are separated -- one village from another, one neighborhood from another. The explores the effect of these checkpoints on the daily lives of five individuals.
Sabeel Seedi Omar, dir. Enas I. Muthaffar, 14', (Egypt, 2000), 35mm, fiction.
The story of Omar, who spends his life striving to get back his stolen property. The events take place in one of Cairo’s popular wards, wherein the story of Omar and the stranger begins.
Sahar's Wedding, dir. Hanna Musleh 46',(Palestine, 1991)
The chronicle of a wedding in a Palestinian village under Israeli occupation, this film provides a portrait not only of the bride and groom, but also of their immediate kin. It becomes clear that attitudes about marriage, women’s roles and politics are undergoing great changes. Despite the military presence, there is hope for the future.
Said (Sa'id) dir. Seoud Mahanna 11', (Palestine, 2001)
Said is a child from the village of Qarrara, in Gaza. After the start of the al-Aqsa intifada, he struggles to return to school.
Sandino (1989) de Miguel Littin avec Angela Molina
A drama based on the life of a Nicaraguan liberation fighter, Cesar Augusto Sandino, famous for having confronted US occupying forces during their occupation of Nicaragua from 1927 to 1933.
The Satellite Shooters, dir. Annemarie Jacir, 16’, 16 mm, (USA/Palestine 2001) English/Arabic with English subtitles. Using the conventions of the Western genre, "The Satellite Shooters" satirically tells the story of Tawfiq, a young Palestinian boy in Texas trying to find his place in America, and The Kid, a local gunslinger. The film is a critique of the imagination that the Western arises from -- that fantasy land wherein masculine idealizations and racial hierarchies lead to the prevailing cowboy hero and his stunted sidekick.
The Shadow, dir. Abdel Salam Shehadeh, 43', (Palestine, 2000)


Shatter Hassan dir. Mahmoud Al Massad, 35mm, 40', (Jordan/ Netherlands, 2001)
An Arab fairy tale goes awry in the Netherlands when the invincible hero “Hassan-the-Smart” becomes a nameless junkie. The director (in a voice-over and through the nostalgic images of Amsterdam) projects his feelings of being lost in this fairy tale character. Eventually, the narrative becomes the story of the director trying to retrieve his lost childhood by attempting to come to terms with the sense of belonging nowhere. It is a story about being homeless in a city, being far away from home, having lost your own country, your culture, your roots, your identity...
Song on a Narrow Path; Stories from Jerusalem dir. Akram Safadi Documentary, 52’. Beta SP (Italy/Belgium/France, 2001).
A portrait of Jerusalem, through the lives of three people who embody the city: Reem, an artist, Ali, a black political prisoner, and Farouq, who lives on the memories of a glorious past. For them, Jerusalem is a dream that troubles the'd and spirit, between the recurring violence and simple survival. (Festival Awards: Torino 2001, Lussas 2001, Nyon 2001).
The State of Things, dir. Rosalind Nashashibi, 16mm (UK). Experimental, B&W.
The States of Things is a B&W film of a Salvation Army jumble sale that is set to an old Egyptian love song by Um Kolthoum. Elderly ladies rummage through jumble at a sale held by the Salvation Army in Glasgow. 'Jumble sales aren't part of the normal capitalist system, so it doesn?t look quite like a Western Europe in the 21st century. And the music also makes the viewer unsure when or where this is.'
Staying Alive (Bidna Na’ish), dir. Ghada Terawi. Documentary, 28’, Beta SP (Palestine/Switzerland, 2001). An examination of the motives of Palestinian youths who risk their lives to throw stones at Israeli soldiers. The director asks: Why don't they fear death or injury? How aware are they of what is happening around them? What political thoughts drive them to go and possibly fight to their deaths?
Suspended Dreams (Ahlam Mu'allakah) Co-directed by Mai Masri and Jean Chamoun 50', (Lebanon, 1992) Arabic.
Through the eyes of two ex-militia fighters, a critical playwright and a woman looking for her kidnapped husband, this documentary looks at a Beirut community rebuilding its life after 16 years of war.
Take My Sister and Give Me Yours dir. Suha Arraf, documentary, Palestine, 1997
Tale of Three Jewels (Hikayatul Jawahiri Thalath), dir. Michel Khleifi. Fiction, 107’, 35mm film (Belgium/Palestine, 1995). A mixture of realism and allegory set against the backdrop of the Palestinian uprising in Gaza. Youssef, a 12 year-old Palestinian boy, tries to win the love of Aida, a Gypsy girl. Aida offers her heart, but on the condition that he finds her grandmother’s lost jewels. Youssef is so smitten with Aida that he embarks on a mystical pursuit, which leads him to a wise old man, a mysterious scroll, death and resurrection. (1995 Cannes Film Festival).
Tale of Three Mohammeds dir. Nasri Zakharia (USA 2003)
This fiction feature film provides tragi-comic look at the consequences of hysteria over terrorism on a series Arab-American characters.
Tear of Peace, dir George Musleh, 34' (Palestine 2003)
“Tear of Peace” is a film that tells the story of the pain and suffering of a Palestinian family since the nakbah in 1948. After the 1967 war, they moved to Jordan, and later on to Syria, Lebanon, Sudan and Libya.The family moves again to the city of Ariha (Jericho) after the “Gaza-Ariha” accord. After the outbreak of the first Intifada, one of the members of the family is killed. The Israeli defense forces demolish the family’s house which they had built with their own hands, and they arrest their second son. The family now lives in a tent next to their demolished house.
There Still is Ka'ek on the Sidewalk, dir. Ismail Habbash, 26', (Palestine 2001)Arabic with English Subtitles
Based on "Ka'ek on the sidewalk" a short story by Ghassan Kanafani A school teacher's conscience is put to the test as he tries to assist one of his students, whose life story unfolds in a series of daunting events.


This is Not Living (Hay Mish Eishi), dir. Alia Arasoughly 42', documentary, (Palestine, 2001) Arabic with English subtitles.
Exploring the devastating effects of military occupation, terror and isolation, this deeply moving piece explores the lives of eight Palestinian women and their struggle to live normal lives amidst the degrading drama of war. Representing a diverse cross-section of Palestinian society - from a news editor to a domestic worker to a housewife - they candidly speak about their daily encounters with violence and their marginalization in the ideological debate concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Ticket to Jerusalem, dir. Rashid Masharawi, 85' (Palestine/The Netherlands, 2002)
A Palestinian couple, Jabar and Sana, live in a refugee camp near Ramallah. Sana volunteers with the emergency service of the Red Crescent Society. Jaber is unemployed and with no job prospects in the immediate future. He immerses himself in his passion, running a mobile cinema for children throughout the West Bank. One day, an opportunity to organize a screening in the old city of Jerusalem is made available to him. Despite the
numerous obstacles that face him, he is determined to keep his commitment.
Tierra del Fuego, dir. Miguel Littin, 108' (Chile, 2000). A Romanian engineer and a brothel owner join forces to exploit South American Indians in their quest for gold.
Together We Were Raised (Swa Rbena) dir. Enas I. Muthaffar, 12', (Egypt, 1999) 35mm, Fiction.
The story of a Palestinian girl that left Jaffa after the 1948 war to Cairo, leaving her brother in Palestine. Throughout the 50 years of occupation, she strives to get a permission to visit Jaffa and see her brother again.
Traces on the Rock of Elsewhere, dir. Majdi El-Omari, 15', (Canada, 1999), 16mm, fiction.
Transparency, dir. Osama Al-Zain, 30' (USA, 2002)
In addition to introducing the political and ideological controversy about veiling, Transparency investigates the more personal reasons and feelings of women toward this issue. The film depicts social and psychological impacts of veiling (and unveiling) through telling the stories of different Muslim women who live in the U.S. One story involves Merve Kavakci, a member of the Turkish parliament who left her country after she was not allowed to practice her role as a PM because she wears a headscarf.
Travel Agency, Nabila Irshaid, experimental, 8', Beta SP, (Austria/Germany 2001)
This short film – made up of Super-8 footage of a family visit to Palestine, shot by the director’s father in the 70´s – looks at a world already lost. By revisiting and reformulating these images as a tourist advertisement, an new image of Palestine emerges – one that may be the fiction of nostalgia, or one which tells the truth of loss through the absurdities of commercial language.
Um Jaber dir. Mohamad Ayache, 21', Beta SP (Palestine, 2000)
This is the story of a mother from Gaza, who campaigns to improve the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, and to bring about their freedom. Even after the establishment of the Palestinian Authority, her sons remain incarcerated.
Under the Rubble (That al-Anqadh) Co-directed by Mai Masri and Jean Chamoun 50', (Lebanon, 1983) Arabic.
Documentary on the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and siege of Beirut.
Un Seul Retour ('Awda Wahida), dir. Nicolas Damuni 10', (France, 2002)
The film traces the 400,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, and the new generation of the diaspora.
Upside Down, (Maghloubeh) dir. Rashid Masharawi 6', Beta SP, (Palestine, 2000).
A creative and humoristic allegory of the Palestinian condition, allegorized through a national dish, Maghloubeh.
Vision (Ru’yah), dir. Enas I. Muthaffar, 5', (Egypt, 1999), documentary.
Starting with the hands’ gestures of various sculptures for imperative historical Egyptian figures and through the sketches of a painter, the camera hence continues to follow the hands of different people while doing various jobs.
La Viuda de Montiel (1980) de Miguel Littin
Viva el Presidente - Le Recours de la Methode (El recurso del metodo) (1978) de Miguel Littin avec Alain Cuny, Nelson Villagra
Waiting for Light dir. Rawan Damen (Palestine 2000)
Easter in Palestine has a special meaning. This documentary film follows two Christian women from Ramallah in the West Bank during Easter Holy Week. They express their feelings towards being not permitted to attend the celebrations in Jerusalem (16 km far from Ramallah), and how they wait for the Holy Light to come from Jerusalem with other fellow Christians. Traditional customs of Easter are also shown, together with special events that took place during Easter Week.
Waiting for Saladin (Bintizhar Salah al-Din) dir. Tawfiq Abu Wael, 53', (Palestine, 2001).
East Jerusalem in the year 2000. Palestinians wait… for the Messiah, Godot, or Saladin? What's the difference? The film shows the lives of Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem under occupation, without the most elementary rights, despite being considered citizens of Israel.
War Generation Beirut, (Jil el-Harb) Co-directed by Mai Masri and Jean Chamoun 50', (Lebanon, 1988) Arabic.
A documentary on three generations of young people growing up in war-torn Beirut. world.
Water - the Reality of the Challenge, dir. Abdel Salam Shehadeh, 35', (Palestine, 1998)
Wedding in Ramallah dir. Sherine Salama, 90' (Palestine/Australia, 2002).
A Wedding in Ramallah begins in 2000, when Israeli-Palestinian relations seemed to be on the upswing. It shows us the arranged marriage of Bessam and Mariam; Bessam, forced to leave the country due to suspected militancy, lives in America while Mariam stays home and struggles to get her visa to join him. But the situation deteriorates as fighting resumes. Although she finally does get to America, it comes at an enormous cost. With no English and no Palestinian community, she must learn to live in urban isolation. Mariam goes crazy with boredom. A Wedding in Ramallah shows a way of life cruelly disrupted and is essential for putting a face on the current Middle East crisis.
We are God's Soldiers, Hanna Musleh 52' 1993,
Filmed in 1992, this study of Islamic movements in the Gaza Strip includes interviews with some of the Hamas leaders expelled in 1992 as well as a clear definition of the role of women. The story of two brothers, one a supporter of the PLO’s Fatah and the other favoring the Hamas movement, adds personalization.
Wedding in Galilee . dir. Michel Khleifi, 111', 35 mm (1987, Belgium) in Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles.
A classic in Palestinian feature filmmaking -- a traditional Palestinian wedding is affected when, as a stipulation for granting a permit for the celebration, a local Israeli military commander demands to be invited. (1987 Toronto Film Festival)
Wild Flowers - Women of Southern Lebanon, (Zahrat al-Kindoul)
Co-directed by Mai Masri and Jean Chamoun 50', (Lebanon, 1986) Arabic.
Documentary on the women of South Lebanon resisting Israeli occupation.
X dir. Reem Eissa (Palestine)
Jaffa Sugar, (Sukkar Yafa), dir. Hicham Kayed, 32', DVCam , (Lebanon, 2002).
"I dreamt that my grandmother held me by the hand and flew with me to Palestine, she looked down and said this is our village my grandson. I descended and she continued her flight"…
Zeitounat, dir. Liana Badr, 37' (Palestine, 2000).
A look at the intense traditional relationship between Palestinian women and their ancenstral olive trees. Israeli occupation forces uproot the trees and destroy Palestinian farm land. How do women defend these ancient trees?