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Falastin
Film
Festival
2026

August 27-30 | Edinburgh
September 25-27 | Dundee

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Falastin Film Festival
Scotland 2026

about the festival

Now in its third year, Falastin Film Festival Scotland brings Palestinian cinema, culture, and art to Scotland, raising awareness of Zionist colonization. We strive to highlight Palestinian resistance, cultural pride, stories of love, and, in the words of poet Rafeef Ziadah, teachings of life.

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What’s On

2026 Festival Highlights

Whats On
All This Victory
Aug 28
Screening
All This Victory
Screening

28th August, 14:30

During the 2006 Israeli Attacks on Lebanon, Marwan, 30 years old, gets stuck in a house with 4 villagers. Above them, on the first floor, a group of Israeli soldiers.

Screening
Gaza:What Still Grows
Aug 28
Screening
Gaza:What Still Grows
Screening

28th August, 20:00

Set against the backdrop of Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza, these three films are united by an insistence on creating life under conditions designed to destroy it.

Screening
South Lebanon: Homage to the Frontliners
Aug 29
Screening
South Lebanon: Homage to the Frontliners
Screening

29th August, 15:10

This programme traces the enduring histories of occupation and war in South Lebanon, from 1978 to the present, through films that bear witness to both armed resistance and the quieter, everyday labour of remaining.

Screening
Falastin Futures
Aug 30
Screening
Falastin Futures
Screening

30th August, 20:15

Together, these four films imagine Palestine otherwise—through science fiction, speculative storytelling, and acts of intimate imagination—to ask what becomes possible when liberation is first rehearsed in the mind.

Screening
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Our partners

  • “To see the rich Palestinian cultural resistance through docs and films was a rare opportunity. All our exposure to Palestine is mediated through our biased anti-Palestinian Western media.”

  • “My understanding and knowledge of the relationship between Palestinians and their land has deepened a lot–pretty much everything I knew gained new levels of depth through the films I attended!”

  • “Seeing and being exposed to stories behind the statistics brings it all to life in a way which concretises the tragic reality.”

Festival Archive

Browse past editions of the festival, from our 2024 launch across Edinburgh and the West Coast to the 2025 programme spanning Edinburgh and Glasgow. Explore screenings, talks, and special events. 

2024 | 2025