Welcome to the Palestine Cinema movie database

The shadow of the West (1983)
Origin: UK | Documentary | Director: Geoff Dunlop | 53 minutes
Edward Said, a Palestinian living in New York, examines Western attitudes to the Arabs and finds their origins in the Crusades, Hollywood and European empire building. He sees the Palestinian fate as the result of years of Western interference


The Shebabs of Yarmouk (Les Chebabs de Yarmouk) (2011)
Origin: France | Documentary | Director: Axel Salvatori-Sinz | 12 minutes
A moving film about life in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria


The Shepherdess (2019)
Origin: Palestine | Fiction | Director: Fida Ataya | 11 minutes
The story of Salty Valley and Sweet Spring in the Jordan Valley, while combining dance and animation

The Shepherd's Keeper (2024)
Origin: Israel | Documentary | Director: Hadara Oren | 69 minutes
Bedouin shepherd communities who live in the magical spaces of the Jordan Valley, have to survive in very difficult conditions and deal with a variety of pressures and threats. The communities are accompanied by Israeli human rights activists.

The Shepherd Women's Secret (2016/17)
Origin: Palestine | Documentary | Director: Basma Sweity | short minutes
About Fatima 75 years old and Um Al Abed 90 years old, which are shepherds since they were 10 years old


The Shooter (2007)
Origin: Palestine | Fiction | Director: Ihab Jadallah | 8 minutes
Palestine is occupied by the international media


The Shouting Fence (2004)
Origin: Unknown | Fiction | Director: Monica Steen | 48 minutes
The Shouting Fence based on a picture in a newspaper showing a Palestinian woman with a megaphone.


The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929 (2019)
Origin: Palestine | Documentary | Director: Mahasen Nasser-Eldin | 20 minutes
On 26 October 1929, Palestinian women launched their women’s movement


The Silent war: Israel’s blockade of Gaza (2010)
Origin: Unknown | Documentary | Director: Kashfi Halford | 10 minutes
This film explores the consequences of the crippling siege of Gaza


The Smell of Paradise (1982)
Origin: Lebanon | Documentary | Director: Omar Amiralay | 42 minutes
About the situation in which Palestinians lived in 1982, including the invasion and siege of Beirut, the exit of the Palestine Liberation Organization from Beirut, as well as the Sabra and Shatila massacre,