200 Meters

Directed by: Ameen Nayfeh
2020 | PG | Feature | 96’
Arabic with English Subtitles 

Mustafa and his wife Salwa live 200 meters apart in villages separated by the wall. One day he gets a call every parent dreads: his son has had an accident. Rushing to cross the checkpoint, Mustafa is denied entry on a technicality. But a father’s love won’t give up and he will do anything to reach his son. A 200 meter distance becomes a 200 kilometer odyssey, as Mustafa, left with no choice, attempts to get himself to the other side of the wall. 

Between Heaven and Earth ​

Directed by: Najwa Najjar
2019 | PG | Feature| 93’ 
Arabic & Hebrew (English Subtitles)

The film revolves around the divorce of a 30 something couple, Salma and Tamer, who have been married for the past five years and living in Ramallah. As Tamer is given a three-day permit to cross the checkpoint to file for divorce in the courts of Nazareth, the couple find out a secret that will turn everything upside down. Will the secret mend broken hearts and tortured minds, and help forgive betrayals? 

Mayor

Directed by: David Osit 
2020 | PG | Documentary | 89’ 
Arabic (English Subtitles)

MAYOR follows Musa Hadid, the Christian mayor of Ramallah, during his second term in office. Determined to make the city a beautiful and dignified place to live, his  immediate goals are to repave the sidewalks, attract more tourism, and plan the city’s Christmas celebrations. Rich with detailed observation and a surprising amount of humor, MAYOR offers a portrait of dignity amidst madness and absurdity.

Kamal Boullata: Stranger At Home ​

Dir: Rudolf van den Berg
1985 | PG | Documentary | 93’
English 

Stranger at Home is a documentary about the return to Jerusalem of a friend of Van den Berg, the exiled Palestinian artist Kamal Boullata. The friends, making the trip together, find themselves involved in a painful confrontation.

Touch - Shorts

This package of shorts included the award-winning short feature film 'The Present' directed by Farah Nabulsi, and 9 short films by  renowned Palestinian filmmakers under the title 'Reflections from Palestine during COVID-19' in collaboration with Filmlab Palestine.  

Lights of Gaza

Attendees were able to dive into the heart and soul of Gaza through a journey of three short documentary films. Short films included 'Tour de Gaza', directed by Flavia Cappellini, 'When Things Occur', directed by Oraib Toukan and 'To My Father', directed by Abdel Salam Shehada. 

Through the Wire - Shorts

The experimental films (a mode of non-conventional filmmaking) screened from Palestine featured a group of shorts including 'Give Up  the Ghost', directed by Zain Duraie, 'The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929', directed by Mahasen Nasser-Eldin, 'The White Elephant', directed by Shuruq Harb, 'Moonscape', directed by Mona Benyamin, 'The Children & The Wolf', directed by Omar Jabareen, and 'The Return of Osiris', directed by Essa Grayeb. 

Third Eye - Shorts

The 'Third Eye' shorts selection offered audience members a diverse mix of five short documentaries and one stop motion short film.

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