2025 Events
Coming up
Celebrate International Women’s Day with Palestinian Film and Food
Friday 7th March
Heart Centre LS6 3HN
Doors 6pm Food 6.30pm Films 7.15pm
Films made by women and Palestinian food made by Heart cafe
Foragers
Tuesday 25th March 7.30pm
Belgrave Music Hall LS2 8JP
This popular film sold out in November – don’t miss it this time!
Details and tickets
Pianothon
Saturday 1st March 10am – 4pm
Kirkgate Market LS2 7HY
Organised by friends of the Festival and supported by local pianists to raise funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians
Been and Gone
Would Handala Turn Around
This sold-out evening of inspiring dance, music and singing in January raised £870 for Al-Harah Theatre in Bethlehem
If you missed it, you can still donate here, and you can access the music and other event materials here
2024 Festival Report
Our 10th anniversary Festival was our biggest and most diverse so far, with 18 events (mostly sold out) attended by over 2,000 people.
As well as up-to-date feature films and documentaries, we had a Heritage series, two craft workshops for families and children, two events with music and an embroidery workshop.
We are delighted that ‘No Other Land’ – our opening film – which screened to nearly 500 people in partnership with Leeds International Film Festival, won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature.
RIchard Burgon MP opened our very first Festival in 2015, and returned to open our 10th Festival. Watch his reflections here.
Speakers
We are grateful to the amazing array of experts who enhanced many of our events with talks and discussions. See the full list of speakers here.
Films you missed
These excellent films you may have missed are available to buy, rent or stream.
Festival Donations
Thanks to the generosity of our audiences and great ticket sales, the Festival has been able to donate £2,200 to Palestinian causes. Find out more about them here.
Messages to the Festival
Read some of the heartening messages we received from film-makers and others.
