Palestinian Territory Movies

This deeply personal documentary follows filmmaker Mohamad Zwahra's life, from a young boy growing up in a farming family to a seasoned activist and...

A Palestinian fisherman tries to breach the naval blockade in Gaza to get treatment for his sick daughter

A cooperation project for the conservation of soils and waters in the south of the West Bank by making productive areas for agriculture/pastoralism,...

In 2010, an Israeli military raid on an aid flotilla to Gaza led to nine peace activists' deaths, sparking global outrage for excessive force....

Unseen footage of Gaza’s beauty and the resilience of its residents, captured by Palestinian filmmaker and journalist Yousef Alhelou. This...

The work attempts to create an imaginary archive of a group show that took place at Al-Hakawati theater hall in Jerusalem in 1985. In the absence of...

In a land we call home, a fish navigates the confines of a small glass tank, its eyes fixated on landscapes in the last lines in the glass. Trying...

Palestinian Mahmoud Khalil began his studies at the GDR’s German Academy of Film Art in 1976. His diploma film, HEIDIA MOURAD – I AM NOT...

A short experimental film that mixes photography, archival images, and audio, this piece explores the profound longing and complex realities of...

Using layered, painterly animation and abstracted imagery of military vehicles, the film reflects on the relentless machinery of war and genocide and...

Mentally set in the artist’s childhood Jerusalem bedroom, ‘bring me a thought I can act on’ is a visual play-diary exploring the...

Cowboy uses the images from American cinema to expose the country’s settler colonial structure and its ability to depict genocidal acts through...

This film is about a child living in a tent whose candle blows out in a gust of wind. He doesn’t like the dark, so he tries to think what to...

An extensive journalism project directed by Palestinian journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh. The documentary provides a comprehensive insight into the...

The war of 1948 changed the lives of Palestinians forever. My Palestine is the story of how they were living, what it was like to go to school there,...

Single-screen version of Emily Jacir's installation work, WE ATE THE WIND. 2023, 31 min, digital.

This short film introduces the strain under which Palestinian farmers continue to live in the Jordan Valley. Water shortages prevent farmers from...

Documentary: memories of Palestinian citizens about their occupied homeland

A documentary by Al Jazeera about Vittorio Arrigoni, the Italian peace activist whose passion for helping the Palestinian people lead to his death....