This year’s programme features over 25 films by Palestinian filmmakers, including the Dutch premieres of A State of Passion (dir. Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi) and Once Upon a Time in Gaza (dir. Arab and Tarzan Nasser), as well as a Filmmaker in Focus series highlighting four works by director Kamal Aljafari and a special screening of From Ground Zero, a collection of 22 shorts from Gaza, with producer Rashid Masharawi joining remotely for a post-screening discussion.
Together with the rich schedule of films, the festival also welcomes writer and food activist Laila El-Haddad for a special culinary storytelling keynote. Alongside it, four workshops, five dialogue sessions, and our ever popular olive oil tasting comprise our largest parallel event programme to date, exploring a range of topics, from intergenerational memory to creative resistance and film pedagogy.
Download PDF of full schedule here.
All festival tickets are available for purchase through our film, shorts programme, and event listings.
We are pleased to be continuing our collaborations with the arthouse theaters Kriterion, Lab111, Studio/K, and Ventilator Cinema, and to be embarking on new partnerships with the arts organisations De Appel and Framer Framed, as well as the collective dance studio Jakoozi.
De Appel, Tolstraat 160, 1074 VM Amsterdam
Framer Framed, Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71, 1093 KS Amsterdam
Jakoozi, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 106, 1012 GH Amsterdam
Kriterion, Roetersstraat 170, 1018 WE Amsterdam
LAB111, Arie Biemondstraat 111, 1054 NZ Amsterdam
Studio/K, Timorplein 62, 1094 CC Amsterdam
Ventilator Cinema, OT 301, Overtoom 301, 1054 JL Amsterdam
