All Films & Events

Feature Films
A Fidai Film
Kamal Aljafari, 2024, 78'
11 Oct, 15:00–16:45, LAB111
A State of Passion
Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi, 2024, 90'
9 Oct, 18:45–21:00, Studio/K
Amreeka
Cherien Dabis, 2009, 96'
11 Oct, 21:15–23:00, LAB111
From Ground Zero
Rashid Masharawi, 2024, 112'
10 Oct, 18:30–21:00, Kriterion
Once Upon a Time in Gaza
Arab and Tarzan Nasser, 2025, 87'
12 Oct, 21:00–22:40, Kriterion
Recollection
Kamal Aljafari, 2015, 70'
12 Oct, 16:00–17:35, Kriterion 
Yalla Parkour
Areeb Zuaiter, 2024, 89'
10 Oct, 21:30–23:25, Kriterion 
Screened after Shattered Memory,
Hayat Laban, 2024, 14' 49'',
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Image as Witness
Stitching Palestine
Carol Mansour, 2017, 78'
9 Oct, 21:30–23:00, Studio/K
Shorts Programmes
Palestine as Lens: Solidarities Across Struggles
11 Oct, 13:00–14:45, LAB111

Featuring:
They Live in Forests They Are Extremely Shy Saeed Taji Farouky, 2016, 3' 41"
And still, it remains
Arwa Aburawa and Turab Shah, 2023, 27' 58"
We Would Be Freer
Rana Nazzal Hamadeh, 2023, 9'
Thousand Thrashing Arms
Dina Mimi, 2024, 12' 36"
Co-curated with Other Cinemas
(Arwa Aburawa and Turab Shah)

Touching on Taboo Topics
11 Oct, 19:00–20:45, LAB111 

Featuring: 
Zahra
Hadi Shatat, 2024, 15' 14" 
Sukoun (Amplified)
Dina Nasser, 2024, 18' 43" 
The First Dinner
Thekra Zohir Makalda, 2023, 15' 56" 
Bonboné
Rakan Mayasi, 2017, 15' 
A Man Returned
Mahdi Fleifel, 2016, 30' 
Virtual Journeys: A Waseem Khair Shorts Double Feature
11 Oct, 16:30–18:00, Ventilator Cinema

Featuring: 
120KM
Waseem Khair, 2021, 30' 
Gaza Bride 17
Waseem Khair, 2025, 20' 
Virtual Relations
11 Oct, 17:00–18:30, LAB111 

Featuring: 
Upshot
Maha Haj, 2024, 34' 
Mar Mama
Majdi El-Omari, 2023, 15' 
In Vitro
Larissa Sansour & Søren Lind, 2019, 27' 40"
Virtual Memories
12 Oct, 16:00–17:35, Kriterion

Featuring: 
UNDR
Kamal Aljafari, 2024, 15' 
31°42'49.5"N 35°10'13.9"E
Francisca Khamis Giacoman, 2023, 10' 55" 
Paradiso XXI, 108
Kamal Aljafari, 2022, 21' 50" 
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
Theo Panagopoulos, 2024, 17'
Part of Filmmaker in Focus: Kamal Aljafari
Interactive Presentations
Olive Oil Tasting
with Fairtrade Palestine
11 Oct, 12:00–13:30, LAB111
Gaza Kitchen: A Culinary Storytelling Keynote
by Laila El-Haddad, moderated by Nihal Rabbani
11 Oct, 14:30–16:00, LAB111 
Conversations
Dialogue Session #1: Cultural Resistance Today
Ahmed Masoud and Isshaq Albarbary, moderated by Yara Yuri Safadi
10 Oct, 14:00–15:45, de Appel 
Dialogue Session #2: Embroidery and Embodied Transmission
Carol Mansour, Muna Khalidi, and Belinda Idriss, moderated by Amal Alhaag
10 Oct,16:30–18:15, de Appel 
Dialogue Session #3: The Truth Claims of Images
Sakir Khader and Dina Mimi, moderated by Hilda Moucharrafieh
11 Oct, 17:00–18:45, LAB111  
Dialogue Session #4: Radical Film Pedagogies
Noor Abed and Saeed Taji Farouky,
moderated by Rafik Opti
12 Oct, 18:30–20:15, Ventilator Cinema
Guest curated by Other Cinemas
(Arwa Aburawa and Turab Shah)
 
Dialogue Session #5: Movement and Intergenerational Memory
Ahmed “Shark” Alghariz and Camille Barton, moderated by Emma-Lee Amponsah
12 Oct, 20:45–22:30, Ventilator Cinema 
Workshops 
Trauma-Informed Movement
with Ahmed "Shark" Alghariz
12 Oct, 13:30–15:00, Jakoozi 
Exploring Grief through Play
with Camille Barton
12 Oct, 16:00–18:30, Jakoozi 
Palestinian Tatreez
with Hilda Moucharrafieh, Ahd and Waad Hammad
12 Oct, 13:00–15:00, Framer Framed 
Creative Resistance
with Ahmed Masoud
12 Oct, 16:00–18:00, Framer Framed
Additional Activities
Souk
11 Oct, 13:00–18:30, LAB111
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11 Oct, 16:00–21:00, Ventilator Cinema
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12 Oct, 15:00–20:30, Kriterion
Kitchen Takeovers
11 Oct, 17:00–21:00, Kriterion
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12 Oct, 15:00–20:30, Kriterion

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