Palestine cinema days
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1. Little Palestine: Diary of a Siege (2021)
89 min | Documentary
After the Syrian Revolution, Al-Assad's regime besieges the district of Yarmouk, largest Palestinian refugee camp in the world. Yarmouk is cut off. The director records the daily deprivations while celebrating the people's courage.
Director: Abdallah Al-Khatib | Star: Abdallah Al-Khatib
Votes: 261
2. Wedding in Galilee (1987)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A Palestinian seeks Israeli permission to waive curfew to give his son a fine wedding. The military governor's condition is that he and his officers attend. The groom berates his father for... See full summary »
Director: Michel Khleifi | Stars: Mohamad Ali El Akili, Bushra Karaman, Makram Khoury, Yussuf Abu-Warda
Votes: 525
3. Laila's Birthday (2008)
Unrated | 71 min | Drama
Abu Laila used to be a judge, but because the government doesn't have the means to renew his assignment he is forced to be a taxi driver. On the day his daughter Laila becomes seven years ... See full summary »
Director: Rashid Masharawi | Stars: Mohammad Bakri, Areen Omari, Nour Zoubi, Housam Abu Aishe
Votes: 515 | Gross: $0.01M
4. Zahara (2009)
63 min | Documentary
Zahara is a Palestinian woman, from the village of al-Bane in the Galilee. Beginning with her childhood before the 1948 war, this compelling documentary takes us through the country's ... See full summary »
Director: Mohammad Bakri
Votes: 17
5. Attente (I) (2005)
90 min | Drama
Before leaving to settle abroad, Ahmad accepts one last job. He must audition actors for the new National Palestinian Theatre. On the road with interviewer Bissan and her cameraman Loumir, ... See full summary »
Director: Rashid Masharawi | Stars: Areen Omari, Youssef Baroud, Abderrahman Abou El Qassem, Fouad Al Shomali
Votes: 195
6. Falastine Stereo (2013)
90 min | Drama
Two Palestinian brothers plan on immigrating to Canada after the Israeli air force bombs their family home. Milad (Stereo) used to be a wedding singer but because his wife dies in the ... See full summary »
Director: Rashid Masharawi | Stars: Mahmoud Abu Jazi, Salah Hanoun, Ramzi Maqdisi
Votes: 160
7. Ticket to Jerusalem (2002)
85 min | Drama
This inspired hybrid of documentary and fiction follows Jabir, who runs a mobile cinema from his old truck throughout the West Bank while his wife works to bring emergency medical care to ... See full summary »
Director: Rashid Masharawi | Stars: Gassan Abbas, Areen Omari, George Ibrahim, Reem Ilo
Votes: 352
8. Fertile Memory (1981)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
The first full length film to be shot within the occupied Palestinian West Bank "Green Line," FERTILE MEMORY is the feature debut of Michel Khleifi, acclaimed director of the Cannes Film ... See full summary »
Director: Michel Khleifi | Stars: Farah Hatoum, Sahar Khalifeh
Votes: 71
9. Jenin, Jenin (2003)
54 min | Documentary
Documentary about the 2002 deadly confrontations between armed Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
Director: Mohammad Bakri
Votes: 571
10. Nashid el-Hajar (1991)
110 min | Drama
Two Palestinian lovers, parted during the 60s when he is imprisoned for resisting the Israeli occupation and she sorrowfully emigrates to the US, come together again in Jerusalem some 18 ... See full summary »
Director: Michel Khleifi | Stars: Bushra Karaman, Makram Khoury
Votes: 25
11. Lemon Tree (2008)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, War
The story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemontree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down.
Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Rona Lipaz-Michael, Ali Suliman, Doron Tavory
Votes: 6,884 | Gross: $0.57M
12. Gaza mon amour (2020)
87 min | Drama
Gaza, today. Sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works at the market with her daughter Leila. When he discovers an ancient phallic statue of Apollo in ... See full summary »
Directors: Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser | Stars: Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abd Elhadi, George Iskandar
Votes: 991
13. Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996)
88 min | Drama
A Palestinian expatriate filmmaker (Elia Suleiman) documents the loss of national identity in Israel's Arab population.
Director: Elia Suleiman | Stars: Elia Suleiman, Nazira Suleiman, Fuad Suleiman, Ali Suliman
Votes: 853
14. Debris (2001)
18 min | Documentary, Short
Israeli tanks and bulldozers demolish a house that has been lived in and cherished for many years, and rip out the roots of an olive tree that was planted in anticipation of a child's birth... See full summary »
Director: Abdel Salam Shehada
15. Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel (2003)
270 min | Documentary
Summer 2002, the Palestinian filmmaker Michel Khleifi and the Israeli filmmaker Eyal Sivan set off on a cinematographic journey in their country, Palestine-Israel.
Directors: Michel Khleifi, Eyal Sivan | Stars: Michel Khleifi, Eyal Sivan
Votes: 142
16. War Photographer (2001)
96 min | Documentary, War
Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ever.
Director: Christian Frei | Stars: James Nachtwey, Christiane Amanpour, Hans-Hermann Klare, Christiane Breustedt
Votes: 4,304
17. One More Jump (2019)
83 min | Documentary
The pain and frustration of young Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are shown through the prism of a parkour team.
Director: Manu Gerosa
Votes: 52
18. Where Should the Birds Fly (2013)
Documentary
Made by Palestinians living the reality it is the story of Israel's years long siege of Gaza and its 2008-2009 attack, told through the eyes of two young women,Mona Samouni, now 10 years old and the filmmaker, Fida Qishta.
Director: Fida Qishta
Votes: 33
19. Ghost Hunting (2017)
94 min | Documentary
Some Palestinians who were held in an Israeli detention center are assembled to re-enact their experience in an effort to heal.
Director: Raed Andoni | Stars: Ramzi Maqdisi, Mohammed Khattab, Wafa Mari, Atef Al-Akhras
Votes: 257
20. Gaza Surf Club (2016)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
In a country locked between Egypt and Israel, Gaza's youth are drawn to their beaches. Weary of the daily 'state of emergency' they seek meaning and perspective to their lives through surfing.
Directors: Philip Gnadt, Mickey Yamine | Stars: Ibrahim N. Arafat, Mohammed Abu Jayab, Sabah Abu Ghanem, Matthew Olsen
Votes: 259
21. Stitching Palestine (2017)
Documentary
Twelve Palestinian women sit before us and talk of their life before the Diaspora, of their memories, of their lives and of their identity. Their narratives are connected by the enduring ... See full summary »
Director: Carol Mansour
Votes: 23
22. Farha (2021)
TV-14 | 92 min | Drama
A 14-year-old girl in 1948 Palestine watches from a locked pantry as catastrophe consumes her home.
Director: Darin J. Sallam | Stars: Karam Taher, Ashraf Barhom, Ali Suliman, Tala Gammoh
Votes: 88,803
23. The Tower (I) (2018)
PG | 74 min | Animation, Drama
A young girl living in a Palestinian refugee camp learns about her family's history through stories told by three previous generations of refugees.
Director: Mats Grorud | Stars: Bellamine Abdelmalek, Darina Al Joundi, Saïd Amadis, Mohammad Bakri
Votes: 616
24. Missing (I) (2010)
3 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A window opens on a child who lives in a war torn area where he longs for his past peaceful life.
Director: Tariq Rimawi
Votes: 7
25. A'id ila Hayfa (1982)
75 min | Drama
A Palestinian couple goes back to Haifa after the 1967 war to look for their baby, whom they were forced to leave behind in the war of 1948. They find him grown up as an Israeli adopted son, now soldier.
Director: Kassem Hawal | Stars: Hanan Al Haj Ali, Ali Fawzi, Munther Hilmi, Hussain Lubani
Votes: 13
26. Salt of This Sea (2008)
Unrated | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A romantic drama about a working-class woman and her experiences traveling back home.
Director: Annemarie Jacir | Stars: Suheir Hammad, Saleh Bakri, Riyad Ideis, Dana Drigov
Votes: 1,464 | Gross: $0.01M
27. Wajib (2017)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
A father and his estranged son must come together to hand deliver his daughter's wedding invitations to each guest as per local Palestinian custom, in this rousing family drama from Annemarie Jacir (When I Saw You).
Director: Annemarie Jacir | Stars: Mohammad Bakri, Saleh Bakri, Tarik Kopty, Monera Shehadeh
Votes: 1,910
28. Haïfa (1996)
75 min | Drama, War
Haifa, nicknamed after the city of his love and hope, goes around and comes around in a Palestinian refugee camp. Although he is everybody's fool, there are many things that only he knows. ... See full summary »
Director: Rashid Masharawi | Stars: Mohammad Bakri, Ahmad Abu Sal'oum, Hiam Abbass, Nawal Zaqout
Votes: 127
29. A Drowning Man (2017)
15 min | Short, Drama
Alone and far from home, The Kid makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators he is forced to make compromises merely to survive, his life of exile grows one day longer.
Director: Mahdi Fleifel | Stars: Atef Alshafei, Jalal Qaniry, Thymios Koukios, Rebih El-Saleous
Votes: 252
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