Film Series 2026

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Palestine Film Festival!

We are pleased to present compelling, high-quality films about Palestinian culture, history, current issues, and resistance. Audiences are invited to stay for moderated conversations after the films.

April 12 - Palestine '36

Oscar-shortlisted feature

(2025) - 118 min.

Filmmaker: Annemarie Jacir

In 1936, as the British Empire tightens its grip on Palestine, Yusuf is caught between his home village and his work in Jerusalem. Set during an anti-colonial revolt as Jewish refugees flee persecution in Europe, all the forces converge in a decisive moment. 

April 19 - Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

Best Documentary Feature at Arab Film Festival 2025

(2025) - 110 min.

Director: Sepideh Farsi

A film based on video calls between Farsi and Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona from April 2024 until April 2025 when a targeted missile strike killed Hassona and her family in North Gaza. The strike occurred a day after Farsi learned that the film was selected to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

April 26 - The Voice of Hind Rajab

(2025) - 89 min

Director: Kaouther Ben Hania

On Jan. 29, 2024, Palestinian Red Crescent volunteers in Ramallah responded to a call from a 5-year-old girl who, trapped in a car in Gaza, pleaded to be rescued. The Israeli military had just killed family members in the car. While trying to keep her on the line, they do what they can to get an ambulance to her in time.

May 3 - A double feature

Aisha's Story  (2025) 62 min

Director: Elizabeth Vibert

Aisha Azzam and her husband set up a grain mill in Baqa’a refugee camp, Jordan, 35 years ago. The family harvests, mills, cooks, and enjoys feasts with traditional foods. Aisha’s Story intimately captures the culture, displacement and resistance that have defined Palestinians' lives for generations.

Exception  (2023) - 32 min

Director: Rodrigue Hammal

When a leaked video of a professor’s comment about Israel being an apartheid state goes viral, Zionists accuse him of antisemitism and he is faced with a difficult choice. This film explores the personal costs of staying true to one’s identity while challenging racism and upholding the prinicples of academic freedom.

"We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." 

-- Nelson Mandela (1997)