This is the story of Palestine like you've never seen it before. Our filmmakers take you on a journey through the Palestinian cities past and present, inside Israeli prisons and behind the scenes of the resistance movements challenging the occupation today.
For more than a decade, Israel’s separation wall has been the most powerful symbol of Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. In this film, we meet activists who used non-violent resistance to oppose the construction of the wall.
DIRECTED BY AYED NABAA (2013)
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In this four-part documentary series, Rawan Damen traces the sweeping history of Palestine since 1799, providing a comprehensive account of the events that led to the Palestinians’ expulsion and establishment of the State of Israel in 1948
DIRECTED BY RAWAN DAMEN (2008)
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Around 60 percent of the West Bank is designated as ‘Area C’. It remains in the hands of the Israeli government, even though under the Oslo Accords, this was supposed to be a temporary division. Is the failure to return the land to the Palestinians because of land, settlements or water? The answer: all of the above.
DIRECTED BY AYED NABAA (2014)
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Since the occupation began, Israel has thrown thousands of Arabs and Palestinians in jail. This film explores their lives beyond the prison walls after their release, and documents their struggles to adjust to a new life.
DIRECTED BY AHMAD ADNAN AL-RAMHY (2012)
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Five women, two Israelis and three Palestinians, were born in the same year, but became irreconcilably divided by historical events. This is a unique perspective into the story of 1948 for Palestine/Israel.
DIRECTED BY AYED NABAA (2015)
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This is a film about Palestinians who were expelled individually or en masse from their homeland. Ahlam Al Tamimi, Mustafa Hamayel and Mamdouh Al Wardian are just three examples of such moving stories.
DIRECTED BY Bahea Namoor (2014)
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Trips to the “Holy Land” are popular among Christians around the world, with these tours typically run by Israeli tour operators. This film features Palestinian priests, tour operators and writers, as they speak out against the obstacles facing pilgrims visiting sacred sites in Palestine/Israel and the discrimination suffered by the Palestinian Christians who live there.
DIRECTED BY AHMAD DAMEN (2013)
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In Gaza, an acute power shortage has forced millions of Palestinians to live in darkness. This film takes a look at life in Gaza, where the fuel shortages and power outages created by the Israeli siege can become a deadly threat.
DIRECTED BY ASHRAF AL-MASHHARAWY (2012)
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A film about hope in times of hardship and despair, as the people of Gaza demonstrate their remarkable resilience under both occupation and a years-long, unrelenting Israeli siege.
DIRECTED BY ASHRAF AL-MASHHARAWY (2011)
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In summer 2008, 44 activists from 17 different countries created an unforgettable moment in the history of Palestine. Sailing from Greece to Gaza, they broke the Israeli naval siege on the territory for the first time in forty years. This film chronicles their daring act of resistance.
DIRECTED BY YORGOS AVGEROPOULOS
& YIANNIS KARIPIDIS (2010)
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This film documents the life of the “most hated man in Israel.” Israeli writer and journalist Gideon Levy lets Al Jazeera accompany him as he reports from the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
DIRECTED BY BILAL YOUSEF (2013)
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Hunger strikes can be effective – but they can also be deadly. A detailed account of one of the most potent forms of protest carried out by Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli jails.
DIRECTED BY ASHRAF AL-MASHHARAWY (2014)
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Arab prisoners, lawyers and activists reveal the shocking methods used by Shin Bet, the Israeli security service.
DIRECTED BY ISSAM BALLAN (2013)
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In the Jordan Valley, the Israeli occupation has disrupted the traditional livelihood of farmers and shepherds who have lived there for centuries. This film is about their struggle.
DIRECTED BY MARIAM SHAHIN & GEORGE AZAR (2012)
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This film chronicles life in Palestine before 1948, when culture, trade and agriculture flourished. Then history reached a turning point, and almost everything that Palestinians had known was destroyed.
DIRECTED BY RAMEZ QAZMOUZ (2011)
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Italian activists have been mobilizing themselves to support the Palestinian cause for years. Palestina Amore is about solidarity and protest from the other side of the Mediterranean, a film about the special bond between Italy and Palestine.
DIRECTED BY SHERIF FATHY (2012)
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Today, no Palestinian can travel between the Occupied West Bank and the besieged Occupied Gaza Strip without an Israeli permit that is almost impossible to obtain. This is a story of Palestine divided.
DIRECTED BY Ashraf Mashharawi (2015)
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Being forced to leave your home is all too easy, but it is very difficult to lose your ties completely.
Tens of thousands of Arab Jews were convinced to leave their homeland Morocco to go live in Israel during the 1950s and 1960s. Some of them decided decades later to go back to Morocco to live there and some decided to keep on visiting. This is an extra-ordinary story that waited so long to be told.
DIRECTED BY Charlotte Bruneau (2014)
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In 1987, twenty years after Israel first occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip, massive protests erupted across the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Half a million Palestinians took to the streets to demand an end to Israeli rule, while some 8,000 Israeli soldiers were ordered to contain the uprising. This two-hour film tells some stories from what became known as the First Intifada.
DIRECTED BY Mariam Shahin (2014)
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There are 15,000 deaf people living in the Gaza Strip. This film is about their extraordinary stories of strength and courage. A special documentary, in sign language.
DIRECTED BY MUSTAFA AL-NABIH (2014)
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Most young Jewish Israelis are obliged to serve in the army. This film explores how the experience can leave some traumatised. To escape, some travel to India or Berlin, and never return.
DIRECTED BY CHARLOTTE BRUNEAU (2013)
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The Oslo Accords were celebrated as a historic turning point in the conflict between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. But what was the real outcome? Who were the winners and losers, and what was Norway’s role? This film speaks to those directly involved in the negotiations and reveals what really happened behind the scenes.
DIRECTED BY RAWAN DAMEN (2013)
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