2nd November, 13:30

This screening will be followed by a post-screening Q&A with Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah. Part of the Palestine Cinema Days: All Around the World event.

2nd October, 18:00

The documentary will be followed by a conversation with Charles Hoareau.

Fedayin: Georges Abdallah’s Fight retraces the path of this tireless Arab leftist—from the refugee camps that shaped him to the global calls for his release.

18th May, 17:30

Followed by Q&A with Director Lamees Almakkawy.

Two beautiful and powerful medium-length films on the coloniality of archives, reclamation of Palestinian music and dance, and the ethnographic underpinnings of colonization:

18th May, 13:30

With post-screening conversation with Hazem Jamjoum. Anthology film by 22 Palestinian directors

18th May, 11:00

This documentaryis ostensibly (not) a documentary on the south of Lebanon exploring the conditions of the time it was shot, the issues behind those conditions and their representation both in the West and in Lebanon itself.

17th May, 20:30

With post-screening conversation with Nadia Dina Yahlom (in-person)

A compelling screening of four short films that delve into the manipulation of archaeological heritage and erasure of folkloric traditions by the occupying zionist entity, revealing the cultural destruction of colonial control.

17th May, 18:30pm

A cinematic exploration on borders, the physical, emotional, material and immaterial; those that dictate movement and return, or lack thereof, for Palestinians universally. 

17th May, 13:30

An aesthetic and provocative screening of four experimental shorts uncovering the occupation’s haunting manipulation of sound as a form of torture, the politics of sound and sonic self-determination.

17th May, 11:00

During the early 2000s, as the Israeli army retaliates against the Second Intifada, a mother films her family’s life, often shielding them in the basement. Years later, her son revisits this painful past, depicting the anguish of parents torn between their children's safety and the emotional cost of leaving home.

16th May, 17:30

The documentary will be followed by a conversation with Mariam Barghouti (online).

Directed by Mohamed Bakri, Jenin Jenin gives voice to survivors of the 2002 assault on Jenin refugee camp, revealing the lasting trauma and resistance left in its wake.

16th May, 15:00

Followed by post-screening Q&A with assistant director Wadee Hanani.

Director Raed Andoni gathers former inmates of Jerusalem’s Moskobiya prison to rebuild it from memory and re-enact their experiences. As trauma resurfaces, the film becomes a powerful act of collective healing—for them and for Andoni himself.

16th May, 12:30

Leaving her native village to follow her dream of becoming an actress, Hiam Abbass also left behind her mother, grandmother and seven sisters. Thirty years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina returns with her to journey through the vanished places among the scattered memories of four generations of daring Palestinian women. 

10th May, 19:00

A collection of four short-films followed by a conversation with director Theo Panagopoulos.

Palestine is always in sight, whether it is through the dead sea or on colonial footage; this programme of short films reflects on how love and longing for Palestine cannot be contained by objects or borders. 

10th May, 16:30

Followed by a Q&A with director.

After her mother's passing, director Carol Mansour enlists the help of friends and strangers in Beirut to navigate the complex journey of returning Aida to Palestine.

10th May, 14:00

The documentary will be followed by a conversation with Charles Hoareau.

Fedayin: Georges Abdallah’s Fight retraces the path of this tireless Arab leftist—from the refugee camps that shaped him to the global calls for his release.

10th May, 11:00

These four resilient short films from The Palestine Film Unit have survived despite zionist effort to destroy them. Join us as we introduce the films with a presentation on Palestine’s militant cinema tradition, followed by an open discussion post-screening.

9th May, 21:30

A semi-biographical film tracing my family from 1948 to today, The Time That Remains blends my father’s resistance diaries, my mother’s letters, and my memories to portray Palestinians who stayed—labeled 'Israeli-Arabs'—living as a minority in their homeland.

9th May, 18:30

Followed by post-screening conversation with director Mary Jirmanus Saba.

A tribute to a Gaza that no longer exists, these films urge us to ask ourselves, what is our responsibility to Gaza? 

9th May, 16:30

Followed by post-screening conversation with director.

Shedding light on the human cost of borders in the context of an occupation, and the enduring spirit of connection between Palestinians in Lebanon and occupied Palestine.

(short-films collection)

9th May, 14:30

A collection of our favourite submissions by emerging Levantine filmmakers from Turtle Island (Canada) to Palestine, passing through Scotland, these films carry the longing, weight and power of diasporic experiences. 

9th May, 12:30

The film is based on Kanafani’s novel the plot of which takes place in 1967, when Palestinian refugees living in the newly occupied territories had an opportunity to visit the places from which they had been expelled in 1948.

9th May, 16:30

Followed by a post-screening conversation with director

While the Israeli army retaliates against the Second Intifada in the West Bank in the early 2000s, a mother films her family's daily life, punctuated by time spent shielding her family from harm in the basement. Now, her son revisits this past, delivering a heart-breaking portrait of the anguish of parents who are forced to choose between their children’s physical safety and the emotional upheaval of leaving home.

26th May, 14:30

Followed by online Q&A with director

A story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world—what it once was, what it is now, and what it could have become.

26th May, 11:00

This diverse array of films were all submitted to us directly by emerging Palestinian filmmakers. A poignant common thread weaves through the narratives: sacrifice in its myriad forms. From the resolve to resist house demolitions, to the courageous risking of safety to document the realities of occupation, each story encapsulates a unique facet of sacrifice.

24th May, 21:00

Followed by a post-screening conversation with director.

The growing struggle for Palestinian self-determination between 1960 and 1980 was supported by radical left-wing movements worldwide, also in Japan. This is illustrated by a collection of 16mm films by militant filmmakers from various countries, which were dubbed and screened in Japan.

25th May, 18:30

Elderly Palestinians are caught between their right to forage their own land and the harsh restrictions imposed by their occupiers on the basis of preservation. Shot in the Golan Heights, the Galilee and Jerusalem, it employs fiction, documentary and archival footage to portray the impact of Israeli nature protection laws on these customs.

25th May, 13:30

With in-person conversation with Ahmed Alnaouq.

A double screening of films: Between Two Crossings, Yasser Murtaja, Gaza, Footbullet, (Iyad Alasttal, 2021)

25th May, 11:00

A collection of short films: Maradona’s Legs (Firas Khoury, 2019), Ayny (Ahmad Saleh, 2016), The Present (Farah Nabulsi, 2020), Zoo (Tariq Rimawi, 2022), Hide & Seek (Rami Abbas, 2024), Uncle... Give Me A Cigarette (Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees and interns from Birzeit University, 2023)

24th May, 18:00

3000 Nights tells the story of a young Palestinian school teacher who gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison, where she fights to protect him, survive and maintain hope.

24th May, 15:30

A collection of short films: Silent Protest المظاهرة الصامتة (Mahasen Nasser-Eldin, 2019), Nation State مبنى الأمة (Larissa Sansour, 2013), Canada Park حديقة كندا (Razan AlSalah, 2020)