List of Palestinian films explained

An A-Z list of films produced in the State of Palestine, the Palestinian Authority and by Palestinians - either under Israeli Civil Administration and Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Numbers

• 3000 Nights (2015)
• 5 Broken Cameras (2011)
• 200 Meters (2020), dir: Ameen Nayfeh.

A

• Ajami (2009)
• Al Dhakira al Khasba (1980)
• Al qods fee yom akhar (2002)
  • Always Look Them In The Eyes (2007), documentary, 50 minutes, dir: Azza EL-Hassan Amreeka (2009)
• Apples of the Golan (2012)
• Arba'a aghani li Filasteen (2001)
• Arna's Children (2003)
• Around (2006)
• Atash (2004)
• Attente (2005)

B

• Back to One's Roots (2013)
• Because Roots Don't Die (1977), Nabiha Lutfi
  • Before You Were Born (2011), documentary, 50 minutes. dir: Azza EL-Hassan Budrus (2009)

C

• Cantique des pierres, Le (1990)
• Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996)
• The Color of Olives (2006)
• Cut (2000)

D

• Divine Intervention (2002)
• Duma (2011)
• Don't Cry (Short Animation) (2022)

E

• Ejteyah (2003)
• Eye Drops (2013), short film
• Eyes of a Thief (2014)

F

• Farha (2021)
• Fatena (2013), 3D animated
• Fatenah (2009), 3D animated film about breast cancer taboo
• First Lesson (2013), short film
• First Picture (2006)
• Five Minutes From Home (2008), documentary, 52 min, dir: Nahed Awwad
• Fix (2004)
• Fix Me (2013), documentary
• Flying Paper (2012), documentary
• Forbidden Marriages in the Holy Land (1995)
• Ford Transit (2002)
• The Fourth Room (2005), Short documentary, 25 minutes, dir: Nahed Awwad
• Frontiers of Dreams and Fears (2001)

G

• Gaza Calling (2012) 65 min, documentary, dir: Nahed Awwad
• Gaza-London (2010)
• Gaza mon amour (2020)
• Ghost Hunting (2017)
• The Great Liberation (2010)
• The Great Book Robbery (2012)

H

• Haifa (1996)
• Haneen (2013), short film
• Hasan Everywhere (2013), short animated film
• Hatta Ishaar Akhar (1994)
• Heart of Jenin (2009)
• Hikayatul jawahiri thalath (1995)

I

• The Idol (2015)
• (2008)
• In Search of a Death Fortold (2004), video art, dir: Azza EL-Hassan
• In Working Progress (2006)
• Incha'Allah (2012)
• The Inner Tour (2001)
• Insomnie (2005)
• Internacionales en Palestina (2005)
• Into The Belly of The Whale (2010)
• The Iron Wall (2006)

J

• Jenin, Jenin (2002)
• Jeremy Hardy vs. the Israeli Army (2003)
• (1994)
• Jerusalem, The East Side Story (2008)
• Jerusalem's High Cost of Living (2000)
• Just Another Day (2009)
• Junction 48 (2016)

K

• Kings & Extras a.k.a. Exposed & Lost (2004), documentary, 62 minutes, dir: Azza EL-Hassan

L

• Laila's Birthday (2008)
• The Land Speaks Arabic (2007), documentary
• Last Days In Jerusalem (2013)
• (2005)
• The Law in the Parts (2011)
• Lemon Tree (2009)
• Like Twenty Impossibles (2003)
• Love During Wartime (2013), documentary
• Love, Theft and Other Entanglements (2015), dir: Muayad Alayan
• (2021)
• Little Town of Bethlehem (2010)

M

• Man Without a Cellphone (2013)
• Mars at Sunrise (2014)
• Miral (2010)
• My Neighborhood (2013), documentary, co-directed by Julia Bacha and Rebekah Wingert-Jabi

N

• Na'im wa Wadee'a (1999)
• Nana (1997)
• Nazareth 2000 (2000)
• News Time (2001), documentary, 52 minutes, dir: Azza EL-Hassan
• No Child Is Born A Terrorist (2008), short film
• No News (2013), short film
• Number One On The List (2013), documentary
• No Other Land (2024), documentary

O

• Obor kalandia (2002)
• Occupied Palestine (1981), rare
• The Olive Harvest (2003)
• Omar (2013)
• Ostura (1998)
• Out of cigarettes (2005)

P

• Palestine in the Eye (1976)
• Palestine Stereo (2013)
• Paradise Now (2005)
• Ping Pong Revenge (2005)
• The Place (2000), video Art, dir: Azza EL-Hassan
• Pomegranates and Myrrh (2008)
• A Post Oslo History (1998)
• The Present (2021), short film
• Private (2004)

R

• Rana's Wedding (2002)
• Replay Revenge (2005)
• The Reports on Sarah and Saleem (2018), dir: Muayad Alayan
• Rico in the Night (2007)

S

• Safar (2003)
• Salt of this Sea (2008)
• Sara (2014)
• The Satellite Shooters (2001)
• The Savior (2014)
• The Shooter (2013), short film
• Sinbad is a She (2002), 30 minutes, dir: Azza EL-Hassan
• Slingshot Hip Hop (2008)
• The Sons of Eilaboun (2007)
• Stress (1998)

T

• Tahaddi (2001)
• The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels (1994)
• The Teacher (2023)
• Tears of Gaza (2009), documentary
• They Do Not Exist (1974)
• Thyme Goes On (2001)
• (2002), dir: Rashid Masharawi
• The Time That Remains (2009)
• Title Deed From Moses (1999), documentary, 30 minutes, dir: Azza EL-Hassan
• Traces dans le rocher du lointain (2000)
• Trafic (2006)
• Two Meters Of This Land (2012)

U

• The Unbearable Presence of Asmahan (2014), 80 min, dir: Azza EL-Hassan

V

• The View (2008)
• Villa Touma (2014)

W

• Waiting (2005)
• Wedding in Galilee (1987)
• When I Saw You (2012)
• Where Should The Birds Fly? (2013)
• Why? (2007)

Y

• Yadon ilaheyya (2002)
• Yala to The Moon (2013), short film
• Yasmine (1996)
• Yasmine's Song (2005)
• Yomanei Shalom (1994)
• You, Me, Jerusalem (1995)

Z

• Zaytoun (2012)
• Ziena (2004)

External links

• A chronology of Palestinian cinema (1927-1999)
• A chronology of Palestinian cinema (2000-2012)
• Web site: The Evolution of Palestinian Cinema in Five Decades . Institute for Palestine Studies . 21 August 2022 .
• Key Palestinian films