Welcome to the Palestine Film Festival!

We are pleased to bring these timely films to the Latchis Theatre.

Audiences are invited to stay after the screenings for facilitated discussions.

March 23 - No Other Land

Oscar-winning documentary

Screening at the Latchis, March 21-27

Filmmakers: Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal & Rachel Szor

In Arabic, Hebrew, English with English subtitles (2024) - 95 min.

This vérité-style documentary made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four filmmakers over the course of Yasafer five years chronicles the systemic destruction of Masafer Yatta, a community of Palestinian villages in the West Bank. Palestinian activist Basel Adra and Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham film the bulldozing of homes and schools ... and the villagers' perseverance. In addition to indelible footage captured by its undaunted witnesses, No Other Land depicts an emerging friendship between Adra and Abraham. (The film has violent & disturbing, though not graphic, scenes.)

March 30 - From Ground Zero

22 short films from Gaza

Oscar-shortlisted for best international feature film

Director & film curator: Rashid Masharwi

Executive producer: Michael Moore

An anthology of 3- to 7-minute films made by Palestinian filmmakers in Gaza since October 2023. The mix of genres (documentary, fiction based on true stories, animation and video art) provides intimate glimpses into everyday life – from getting around on a donkey-pulled wagon to recycling water. Young people poignantly express their moments of grief from losing loved ones and moments of joy found in music and dance. Palestinians facing immense challenges demonstrate their creativity and sumud.

April 6 - Walled Off

Directed by Vin Arfuso (2024) - 90 min

Produced by Pink Floyd's Roger Waters & Nelson Mandela's grandson, Kweku

Overlooking Bethlehem’s graffiti-filled separation barrier, the Walled Off Hotel, gallery and Palestinian history museum – established by Banksy, British artist and activist – serves as the anchor for this eclectic documentary. It has everything from an animated road trip through the West Bank to clips of an interview with Yasser Arafat.  The story weaves together Benjamin Netanyahu’s rise to power, intrigue with the Oslo “peace process," the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, the murder of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, and young Palestinians describing what “freedom” means to them.

April 13 - The Teacher

Oscar-nominated director & producer, Farah Nubulsi (2023) - 115 min

A feature film starring acclaimed Palestinian actor, Saleh Bakri

 A Palestinian teacher struggles to reconcile his commitment to political resistance while supporting his students - brothers who took different paths - and  grieving the loss of his teenage son. Meanwhile, an American couple fight for the return of their son, kidnapped while in the Israeli military.

“Culture is a crucial front for the struggle for dignity of the Palestinian people.”

-- Palestine Film Institute