Events Archive
Palestine Underground / Made in Palestine / Colors of Resistance
Palestine Underground Director: Jessica Kelly Release year: 2018 Length: 27 mins Available: Worldwide
The Palestinian music scene, including techno DJs, hip hop producers and rappers, refuses to dwindle.
Explore the flourishing underground music scene in Occupied Palestinian Territory, the West Bank. These Palestinian artists are blossoming in their creativity despite enforced constraints from the Israeli government, restrictions on their movements
The Sunbird
A tender documentary about a creative act of dissent, a story of hope and peaceful resistance
Hakawati, the Last Storytellers
A 65-year-old couple of puppeteers set off on their last tour between Israel and Palestine
Jews Step Forward
Twenty-four powerful voices from the American Jewish community describe their personal journeys
Naila and the Uprising
Brings out of anonymity the courageous women activists who have remained on the margins of history – until now
It Must Be Heaven
Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine.
Voices Across the Divide
The personal journey of an American Jew raised on the dream of a Jewish homeland in Israel, as she explores the Palestinian experience of loss, occupation, statelessness, and immigration to the US.
Wall
A compelling animated documentary that follows Sir David Hare’s journey to Palestine/Israel. David Hare will join us for a Q & A.
Jeremy Hardy v The Israeli Army
Stand-up comedian Jeremy Hardy travels to the occupied West Bank and experiences the brutality of the Israeli military.
Advocate
A documentary portrait of Israeli human rights lawyer, Leah Tsemel, that gets absorbingly up close as it highlights her perspective that the Israeli legal system is ‘rigged’ against Palestinians she defends.
Gaza
Just released and beautifully shot, this film captures how ordinary people find meaning behind the conflict in this small strip of land that borders the Mediterranean Sea.
Beyond the frontlines
A documentary that takes us on a journey both within our own minds and on the roads of Palestine, led by Palestinian psychiatrist and writer Dr. Samah Jabr.
Soufra: Film & Food Night
Against all odds, Mariam Shaar built a food truck catering business from the confines of a refugee camp in Lebanon, supported and run by Palestinian, Syrian, Iraqi and Lebanese women.
In Between
Three Palestinian women share a flat in Tel Aviv, each fighting their own battles to free themselves from the rule-bound Arab world and the inequality of Israeli society.
It Must Be Heaven
Proudly presented with Leeds International Film Festival.
Director Elia Suleiman, in the mode of silent comedy hero Buster Keaton, puts himself front and centre in this fresh foray into life’s absurdity. Suleiman’s style of cinema is open, droll, generous, and quizzical. Here he plays a version of himself, an internationally successful Palestinian director and global citizen. Suleiman
The Reports of Sarah and Saleem
Sarah, an Israeli, runs a café in West Jerusalem. Saleem is Palestinian from East Jerusalem and works as a deliveryman. Despite being worlds apart, Sarah and Saleem risk everything as they embark on an illicit affair that could tear apart their unsuspecting respective families.
Firefighters under Occupation
Firefighters under Occupation gives a unique insight into the life of firefighters in the world’s longest running military occupation.
Wajib
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
1948: Creation & Catastrophe
Through riveting and moving personal recollections of both Palestinians and Israelis, this film tells the story of the establishment of Israel as seen through the eyes of the people who lived it.
Road Map to Apartheid
‘Roadmap to Apartheid’ is as much a historical document of the rise and fall of apartheid in South Africa – as it is a film about why many Palestinians feel they are living in an apartheid system today
Stitching Palestine
Palestinian women from different walks of life share their moving life stories, all connected by the enduring thread of the ancient art of embroidery.
Killing Gaza
Killing Gaza chronicles the crushing toll of Israel’s 2014 war on Gaza giving an unflinching and moving portrait of a people largely abandoned by the outside world.
Around the Wall plus Shireen of al-Walaja
The latest visit of a UK women’s football team – including Leeds Republica FC players – to the West Bank. They talk to Palestinian women about the obstacles they face to play football and bring us up to date news of life and the discrimination faced under occupation.
Naila and the Uprising
Women are at the forefront when an uprising breaks out in 1987. Naila, an iron-willed young Palestinian woman in Gaza, promotes non-violent struggle and must make a choice between love, family and freedom.
Disturbing the Peace
‘Disturbing the Peace’ follows former enemy combatants – Israeli soldiers from elite units and Palestinian fighters, many of whom served years in prison – who have joined together to challenge the status quo and say “enough”.
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
This UK premiere was proudly presented with Leeds International Film Festival.
It was also shown on Thursday 8 November 3.30pm and Sunday 11 November 3.30 pm.
Sarah, an Israeli, runs a café in West Jerusalem. Saleem is Palestinian from East Jerusalem and works as a deliveryman. Despite being worlds apart, Sarah and Saleem risk everything as they embark on an
The Reports of Sarah and Saleem
This UK premiere was proudly presented with Leeds International Film Festival.
It was also shown on Thursday 8 November 10.30 am and Saturday 10 November 3.30 pm.
Sarah, an Israeli, runs a café in West Jerusalem. Saleem is Palestinian from East Jerusalem and works as a deliveryman. Despite being worlds apart, Sarah and Saleem risk everything as they embark on
