cinema

Looking inward at the Chicago Palestine Film Festival

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 05/02/2013 - 17:02
This year’s festival featured work by filmmakers asking questions for their own community.

Honoring Palestinian history: filmmaker Annemarie Jacir on "When I Saw You"

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 04/29/2013 - 18:13
Annemarie Jacir on honoring the fedayeen who believed return to Palestine was a possibility.

Palestine film festivals to open in Chicago and London, plus other cinema news

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 18:45
Paradise Now director Hany Abu-Assad’s new film selected for the Cannes Film Festival.

Film review: Gaza love story triumphs over Israeli obstacles

Sarah Irving
29 March 2013

Habibi splices an ancient romance with experiences of the second intifada.

Oscar-nominated films prove Israel is an apartheid state

Eli Ungar-Sargon
Los Angeles
7 February 2013

Both The Gatekeepers and 5 Broken Cameras offer evidence of Israeli racism, albeit from different perspectives.

Watch: Bent but not broken in Hadeel Assali's short video "Daggit Gazza"

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 02/01/2013 - 22:45
A traditional Gaza dish is used as a metaphor in this clever short.

Watch: Palestinian steadfastness honored in short animation "The Kite that Caught a Mountain"

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 01/29/2013 - 20:17
A uniquely stylized portrayal of the literal machine of Israeli occupation and exploitation of Palestinian land.

Watch: A fleeting moment of the 1948 Nakba in Ahmad Habash's short film "The Well"

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 01/25/2013 - 21:40
Three generations of Palestinian males find themselves running for their lives in this quietly beautiful short film.

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