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Palestinian films
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The list Palestinian films includes
Miral, Paradise Now, Amreeka, The Time That Remains and Slingshot Hip Hop.
The list consists of 47 members
and 10 sublists.
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Miral
2010 French film
Overview: Miral is a 2010 biographical political film directed by Julian Schnabel about the coming of age of a Palestinian girl named Miral who grows up in the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and finds herself ...
Release date: 3 September 2010Genre: DramaDirector: Julian SchnabelProducer: Tarak Ben Ammar, Hammoudie BoqaieWriter: Rula JebrealA drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.
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Paradise Now
2005 film
Overview: Paradise Now (Arabic: الجنّة الآن, al-Janna al-Laan) is a 2005 psychological drama film directed by Hany Abu-Assad. It follows the story of two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel ...Release date: 14 February 2005Genre: Crime, DramaDirector: Hany Abu-AssadProducer: Hany Abu-Assad, Bero BeyerTwo childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. 0
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Amreeka
American, Film Director
Overview: Amreeka is a 2009 independent film written and directed by first-time director Cherien Dabis. It stars Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Joseph Ziegler, and Miriam ...Release date: 17 January 2009Genre: DramaDirector: Cherien DabisProducer: Zain Al-Sabah, Paul BarkinWriter: Cherien Dabis 0
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Omar
2013 film
Overview: Omar (Arabic: عمر, ʻUmar) is a 2013 Palestinian drama film directed by Hany Abu-Assad. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize ...Genre: Drama, ThrillerDirector: Hany Abu-AssadCast: Essam Abu Aabed, Foad Abed-Eihadi, Adel Abu-Lasheen, Baher Agbariya, Mousa Habiib Allah, Wafaa AonProducer: Hany Abu-Assad, Baher AgbariyaA young Palestinian freedom fighter agrees to work as an informant after he's tricked into an admission of guilt by association in the wake of an ... 0
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The Time That Remains
2009 British film
Overview: The Time That Remains is a 2009 semi-biographical drama film written and directed by Palestinian director Elia Suleiman. The film stars Ali Suliman, Elia Suleiman, Saleh Bakri and Samar Qudha Tanus. It ...Release date: 22 May 2009Genre: DramaDirector: Elia SuleimanProducer: Elia Suleiman, Joslyn BarnesAn examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day. 0
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Slingshot Hip Hop
2008 documentary film
Overview: Slingshot Hip Hop is a 2008 documentary film directed by Jackie Reem Salloum that traces the history and development of hip hop in the Palestinian territories from the time DAM pioneered the art form in ...Release date: 18 January 2008Genre: Documentary, MusicDirector: Jackie SalloumCast: Ibrahim Abu Rahala, Nahwa Abed Al'Al, Mohammed Al Farra, Motaz Alhweihi, Abeer Al Zinati, Alaa BisharaProducer: Rumzi Araj, Jennifer DeLiaThe voice of a new generation rocks and rhymes as Palestinian rappers form alternative voices of resistance within the Israeli-Palestinian struggle. 0
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Divine Intervention
2002 film by Elia Suleiman
Overview: Divine Intervention (Arabic: يد إلهية) is a 2002 film by Palestinian director Elia Suleiman, which may be described as a surreal black comedy. The film consists largely of a series of brief interconnected ...Release date: 19 May 2002Genre: War, Romance, Drama, ComedyDirector: Elia SuleimanProducer: Elia Suleiman, Humbert BalsanSeparated by a checkpoint, Palestinian lovers from Jerusalem and Ramallah arrange clandestine meetings. 0
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The Idol
2015 film
Overview: The Idol is a 2015 Palestinian drama film directed by Hany Abu-Assad. It was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. It was selected as the Palestinian ...
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music, ShortDirector: Hany Abu-AssadProducer: Baher Agbariya, Sassan AhsaniWriter: Hany Abu-Assad, Sameh ZoabiMohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to compete on the program "Arab Idol." 0
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Dégradé
2015 French film
Overview: Dégradé (Arabic: ديچراديه) is a 2015 Palestinian drama film directed by Arab and Tarzan Nasser (also known as Mohammed Abunasser and Ahmed Abunasser). It was selected to compete in the Critics' Week section ...
Genre: DramaDirector: Mohammed Abou Nasser, Ahmad Abou NasserProducer: Rashid Abdelhamid, Laurent BaudensWriter: Mohammed Abou Nasser, Ahmad Abou NasserIn Gaza, two hairdressers and ten customers of various ages and backgrounds spend the day trapped in a beauty salon while Hamas police fight a gang in ... 0
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5 Broken Cameras
2011 Palestinian film
Overview: 5 Broken Cameras (Arabic: خمس كاميرات محطمة, Khams Kamīrāt Muḥaṭṭamah; Hebrew: חמש מצלמות שבורות, Hamesh Matslemot Shvurot) is a 94-minute documentary film co-directed by Palestinian Emad Burnat and Israeli ...
Release date: 30 May 2012Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Emad Burnat, Guy DavidiProducer: Emad Burnat, Christine CamdessusWriter: Guy DavidiA documentary on a Palestinian farmer's chronicle of his nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army. 0
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The Olive Harvest
2003 film
Overview: The Olive Harvest is a 2003 Palestinian film directed by Hanna Elias. It won the "Best Arab film" award for 2003 at the Cairo International Film Festival, and it was Palestine's submission to the 77th ...Release date: 25 April 2003Genre: DramaDirector: Hanna EliasProducer: Hanna Elias, Kamran Elahian 0
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Salt of This Sea
2008 film
Overview: Salt of this Sea (Arabic: ملح هذا البحر, Milh hadha al-bahr) is a 2008 Palestinian film directed by Annemarie Jacir and was an Official Selection of the Cannes International Film Festival in 2008. It is ...Release date: 16 May 2008Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Annemarie JacirProducer: Sawsan Asfari, Joslyn BarnesWriter: Annemarie JacirA romantic drama about a working-class woman and her experiences traveling back home. 0
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Haïfa
1996 film
Overview: Haifa is a 1996 Palestinian drama film directed by Rashid Masharawi. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.Release date: 8 August 1996Genre: Drama, WarDirector: Rashid MasharawiProducer: Rashid Masharawi, Ayoub AkhrassHaifa, nicknamed after the city of his love and hope, goes around and comes around in a Palestinian refugee camp... 0
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Chronicle of a Disappearance
1996 film
Overview: Chronicle of a Disappearance (Arabic: سجل اختفاء) is a 1996 drama film by Palestinian director and actor Elia Suleiman. Suleiman stars in the film along with his family members, his relatives, and other ...Release date: 1 September 1996Genre: DramaDirector: Elia SuleimanProducer: Elia Suleiman, Assaf Amir 0
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Wedding in Galilee
1987 film by Michel Khleifi
Overview: Wedding in Galilee (Arabic: عرس الجليل, Urs al-Jalil) is a 1987 film directed by Michel Khleifi. It marks the first feature film made in Palestine by a Palestinian director and was awarded the International ...Release date: 11 March 1988Genre: DramaDirector: Michel KhleifiCast: Mohamad Ali El Akili, Bushra Karaman, Makram Khoury, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Anna Condo, Nazih AklehProducer: Michel Khleifi, Bernard LorainA Palestinian seeks Israeli permission to waive curfew to give his son a fine wedding. The military... 0
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Gaza mon amour
2020 drama film
Overview: Gaza mon amour (lit. 'Gaza my love') is a romantic dramedy film, directed by Tarzan Nasser and Arab Nasser and released in 2020. It is a coproduction of companies from Palestine, France, Germany ...
Director: Mohammed Abou Nasser, Ahmad Abou NasserProducer: Rashid Abdelhamid, Pandora da Cunha TellesWriter: Mohammed Abou Nasser, Ahmad Abou Nasser 0
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3000 Nights
2015 film
Overview: 3000 Nights is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Mai Masri. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film focuses ...
Genre: DramaDirector: Mai MasriProducer: Ossama Bawardi, Tunje BernsWriter: Mai MasriA young Palestinian schoolteacher gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison where she fights to protect him, survive and maintain hope. 0
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The Sons of Eilaboun
2007 German film
Overview: The Sons of Eilaboun (Arabic: أبناء عيلبون) is a 2007 documentary film by Palestinian artist and film maker Hisham Zreiq (Zrake), that tells the story of the Eilabun massacre, which was committed by the ...Release date: 28 September 2007Genre: Documentary, ShortDirector: Hisham ZreiqProducer: Hisham ZreiqA documentary film that tells the story of the human toll that Plan Dalet claimed on a small Palestinian village in the 1948 war. The story of the massacre ... 0
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Thirst
2004 film
Overview: Thirst (Arabic: Atash) is a 2004 Israeli-Palestinian drama film directed by Tawfik Abu Wael.
Release date: 13 May 2004Genre: DramaDirector: Tawfik Abu WaelProducer: Baher Agbariya, Avi KleinbergerWriter: Tawfik Abu WaelA family of five, their two goats and donkey live in the middle of nowhere far from their village home... 0
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The Stranger
2021 film
Overview: The Stranger (Arabic: الغريب, al-Gharīb) is a 2021 Palestinian drama film directed by Ameer Fakher Eldin. It was selected as the Palestinian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy ...Director: Ameer Fakher EldinProducer: Anas Azrak, Dorothe BeinemeierWriter: Ameer Fakher EldinIn occupied Golan Heights, a desperate unlicensed doctor subverts his village's expectations when he accidentally encounters a wounded soldier from the ... 0
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