Aida Returns
by Carol Mansour
Documentary, 72 mins.
Aida (the director’s mother) struggles with Alzheimer’s and loss of memory, frequently “returning” to Yafa of her youth, until her eventual final return.
It is a tribute to the past and an attempt to restore individual and collective memory of Palestinians prevented from return, even after death.
Infiltrators
by Khaled Jarrar
Documentary, 70 mins.
A visceral Road Movie that chronicles the daily travails of Palestinians of all backgrounds as they seek routes through, under, around, and over a bewildering matrix of barriers.
Maloul Celebrates its Destruction
by Michel Khleifi
Documentary, 31 mins.
Ma’loul is a Palestinian village in Galilee. In 1948, it was destroyed by the Israeli armed forces, and its inhabitants were forced to flee either to Lebanon or neighboring Nazareth. Ever since, former Ma’loul residents are only allowed to visit it once a year, on the anniversary of the occupation. That is how a picnic on this day, on the site of the destroyed village, became a tradition.
Resistance, Why
by Christian Ghazi
Documentary, 56 mins.
In 1970, with the initiative of Soraya Antonius (Fifth of June Society), Christian Ghazi and Noureddine Chatti went to meet Arab political figures, and in particular Palestinians living in Lebanon. Ghassan Kanafani, Sadiq Jalal El-Azm, Nabil Shaath, and others offer their visions of the Palestinian revolution, anchoring it in its history since the early 20th century.
Eleven Days in May
by Micheal Winterbottom & Mohammad Sawwaf
Documentary, 85 mins.
Over the course of 11 days in May 2021, at least 67 children were killed in Gaza.
They should never be forgotten.
This film is a diary of those days, narrated by Kate Winslet and with music by Max Richter. Through archive and personal testimony, the film tells the story of each child as an individual boy or girl, with much the same hopes, dreams, and ambitions of children everywhere.
Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege
by Abdallah Al Khatib
Documentary, 89 mins.
After the Syrian Revolution, Al-Assad’s regime besieges the district of Yarmouk, the largest Palestinian refugee camp in the world. Yarmouk is cut off. The director records the daily deprivations while celebrating the people’s courage.
Naila And The Uprising
by Julia Bacha
Documentary, 76 mins.
Chronicling the remarkable journey of Naila Ayesh and a fierce community of women at the frontlines, whose stories weave through the most vibrant, nonviolent mobilization in Palestinian history – the First Intifada in the late 1980s.
The Wanted 18
by Amer Shomali, Paul Cowan
Documentary, 75 mins.
A small Palestinian village bought 18 cows and stopped buying Israeli milk.
