Welcome to the Palestine Cinema movie database
One Step Backwards.. Two Steps Forward (2020)
Origin: Palestine | Documentary | Director: Dima Abu Ghoush | 6 minutes
Suddenly you discover how wonderful your restricted freedom is, how scary it is that an unknown danger surrounds you, and how fragile and beautiful this life is
One Street in Silwan (2025)
Origin: Israel | Documentary | Director: Bissan Tibi | 52 minutes
The "Batan al-Hawa" Street in East Jerusalem overlooks the Temple Mount and serves as a microcosm of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Told in segments through the perspectives of children and residents, the film sheds light on the chaotic situation
On Fire (2025)
Origin: Lebanon | Fiction | Director: Lynn Najem | 11 minutes
In southern Lebanon, 60-year-old Shadia, living alone, when Israel threatens to bomb the area and faces her with the impossible choice between staying and leaving
On the Doorstep (2018)
Origin: Palestine | Documentary | Director: Sahera Dirbas | 46 minutes
21-year-old Valerie who travelled across the world to visit her grandfather’s house
On the island (2020)
Origin: Norway | Documentary | Director: Mohamed Jabaly | 6 minutes
As a Palestinian living in diaspora in one of the Lofoten islands in northern Norway, we lived as Palestinians under greater adversities, and under periods of curfew and blockade that was imposed on us which were harsher than those the world is now living
On the Left (2013)
Origin: Israel | Documentary | Director: Ron Cahlili | 59 minutes
The story of the Israeli left
On the Rooftop (2023)
Origin: Palestine | Fiction | Director: Noor Al-Terri | 3 minutes
In Jabalia Refugee Camp life and laughter emerged from its alleys. There, guests are invited to share a cup of mint tea, and because not all surfaces are made of stones and wires, life is created on rooftops with flowers and green leaves.
On The Side Of The Road (2013)
Origin: Israel Palestine | Documentary | Director: Lia Tarachansky | 83 minutes
Former West Bank settler Lia Tarachansky looks at Israelis’ collective amnesia of the fateful events of 1948 when the state of Israel was born and most of the Palestinians became refugees
On the Sidewalk (2025)
Origin: USA | Documentary | Director: Tom Callahan | 10 minutes
About the pulse of onlookers, haters, and supporters on the outskirts of Chicago’s marches against the genocide of Gaza.
Open Bethlehem (2015)
Origin: Palestine | UAE | UK | USA | Documentary | Director: Leila Sansour | 90 minutes
Film director Leila Sansour returns to Bethlehem to make a film about her home town