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News and coverage of Palestinian festivals and events covered by the Electronic Intifada. EI is a sponsor of the annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival. Film reviews, interviews with directors, and links to film clips and websites can be found here.


October 2008 Boston Palestine Film Festival is currently accepting entries. For more information click here.

The official website of the annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival



EI's reviews of the 2007 6th Annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival (April 14-26)


  • Belonging, Ali Abunimah (15 April 2007)
  • Encounter Point, Maureen Clare Murphy (9 April 2007)
  • Goal Dreams, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha (18 April 2007)
  • Happy Days, Maureen Clare Murphy (11 April 2007)
  • It's Not a Gun, Maureen Clare Murphy (20 April 2007)
  • Kemo Sabe, Maureen Clare Murphy (11 April 207)
  • Leila Khaled, Hijacker, Maureen Clare Murphy (9 April 2007)
  • Make A Wish, Maureen Clare Murphy (11 April 2007)
  • Soup Over Bethlehem (Mloukhieh), Maureen Clare Murphy (11 April 2007)
  • Summer 2006, Palestine, Shuruq Harb (28 March 2007)
  • Two Hands, Maureen Clare Murphy (11 April 2007)



    EI's reviews of the 2006 5th Annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival

  • Bethlehem Bandolero, Maymanah Farhat (18 May 2006)
  • An Explanation (and then burn the ashes), Maymanah Farhat (11 May 2006)
  • Kings and Extras, Maymanah Farhat (21 June 2006)
  • Last Supper (Abu Dis), Maymanah Farhat (19 May 2006)
  • Nour's Dream, Maymanah Farhat (21 June 2006)
  • Some Crumbs for the Birds, Maymanah Farhat (11 May 2006)
  • Visit Palestine, Maymanah Farhat (6 December 2006)
  • West...East, Maymanah Farhat (11 May 2006)
  • Yasmine's Song, Maymanah Farhat (11 June 2006)



    EI's reviews of the 2005 4th Annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival


  • Another Road Home, Jenny Gheith (3 May 2005)
  • Curfew, Jenny Gheith (1 May 2005)
  • Door to the Sun, Jenny Gheith (17 April 2005)
  • The Eternal Dance, Jenny Gheith (2 May 2005)
  • Land of '48, Jenny Gheith (28 April 2005)
  • Rainbow, Jenny Gheith (30 April 2005)
  • Soraida, A Woman of Palestine, Jenny Gheith (26 April 2005)
  • Sense of Need, Jenny Gheith (22 April 2005)



    EI's reviews and coverage of the 2004 3rd Annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival

  • Arabs A Go-Go, Maureen Clare Murphy (6 June 2004)
  • Arna's Children, Arjan El Fassed (11 December 2003)
  • A Stone's Throw Away, Maureen Clare Murphy (15 June 2004)
  • The Children of Ibda'a, Maureen Clare Murphy (15 June 2004)
  • Elias Chacour: Prophet in His Own Country, Maureen Clare Murphy (19 June 2004)
  • Ford Transit, Maureen Clare Murphy (30 May 2004)
  • Jihad!, Maureen Clare Murphy (2 June 2004)
  • Interview: Jihad! filmmakers Muhammed Rum and Nara Garber, Maureen Clare Murphy (10 June 2004)
  • Keys, Maureen Clare Murphy (17 June 2004)
  • Like Twenty Impossibles, Tina Dybvik (27 January 2004)
  • Planet of the Arabs, Maureen Clare Murphy (6 June 2004)
  • Remembering Palestine, Maureen Clare Murphy (3 June 2004)
  • Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Israel-Palestine, Maureen Clare Murphy (13 June 2004)
  • Writers on the Borders, Maureen Clare Murphy (3 June 2004)
  • Interview: "Writers on the Borders" director Samir Abdallah, Maureen Clare Murphy (21 June 2004)

    Official websites of the Chicago Palestine Film Festival selections
  • Jihad! at jihadthemovie.com
  • Planet of the Arabs and Arabs A Go-Go at www.jsalloum.org
  • Writers on the Borders at www.ecrivainsdesfrontieres.org


    READ REVIEWS OF THE 3RD ANNUAL CHICAGO PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL IN SPANISH ON ALMAS.TV'S SPECIAL ARTIFADA FEATURE

  • "A tiro de piedra" y "Los hijos de Ibda'a"
  • "El planeta de los Arabes" y "Arabes a gogo"
  • "Ford Transit"
  • "�Jijad!"
  • "Como veinte imposibilidades"
  • "Llaves"
  • "Recordano Palestina" y "Escritores en la frontera"



    EI's reviews and coverage of the 2003 2nd Annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival

  • Diary of a Male Whore, Maureen Clare Murphy (21 April 2003)
  • Lord's Song in a Strange Land, Maureen Clare Murphy (21 April 2003)
  • Nizar Hassan's Istiqlal and Invasion, Maureen Clare Murphy (29 April 2003)
  • Jeremy Hardy vs. the Israeli Army, Maureen Clare Murphy (27 May 2003)
  • Rana's Wedding, Maureen Clare Murphy (29 April 2003)
  • Documenting the Occupation: Director Yahya Barakat discusses working under Israeli military rule, Maureen Clare Murphy (22 April 2003)


    EI's reviews and coverage of the 2002 1st Annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival
  • James Longley's Gaza Strip, Nigel Parry (29 July 2003)


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