Palestinian Territory Movies

This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the...

A dream of the hope for intimacy and love in a brutal, divisive world.

The story of a young Palestinian who left his refugee camp to become a resistance fighter in the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Haunted by her mother’s death and recurring attacks by Israeli forces on her city, a young girl becomes obsessed with death. To distract her,...

A young man, who feels constrained living with his father takes drastic measures to liberate himself.

Kareem’s family has lived in Jerusalem for many generations. Him and his best friend, Elias, travel around villages and giving ghost tours,...

Under siege in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian children dig tunnels across the border with Egypt to ensure necessary supplies makes it to those in need.

This film is an homage to the Gaza Strip and to the possibility of hope beyond hopelessness. Ouroboros, the symbol of the snake eating its tail, is...

After fifteen years of imprisonment, Ziad struggles to adjust to modern Palestinian life as the hero everyone hails him to be. Unable to distinguish...

Drawing on the Arab heritage of oral tradition and mosaic pattern, Leila and the Wolves is an exploration of the collective memory of Arab women and...

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,...

In 2007, Yahya works at his friend Osama’s falafel shop in Gaza, which doubles as a drug dealing front. His entanglement leads him to witness a...

A cinematic diary from the West Bank and the Golan Heights – places caught between occupation, oppression, and a lived, collective experience.

"From Ground Zero" is a compelling project that brings together 22 short films created by talented filmmakers from Gaza. Launched by Rashid...

A historic drama with musical Bollywood scenes. Kabul in the early 90s. Soviet values rule the country. Women can wear miniskirts, children can go to...

Filmed by Gazans, this film documents the destruction, suffering and resistance of the displaced. Poems by Refaat Alareer, assassinated in Gaza on...

In the north of Israel, Nagham, a Palestinian girl, decides to return to Bir’em, her family’s village, which was destroyed during the...

A simple car trip is beset by politically charged tension and a militarized reality.

Santa Claus tries to outrun a gang of knife-wielding youth. It's one of several vignettes of Palestinian life in Israel - in a neighborhood in...

A 17-year-old Palestinian is trapped by need amid Gaza’s starvation war. His dangerous attempt to fetch a sack of flour ends with a lone...