Welcome to the Palestine Cinema movie database
The Turtle's Rage (Schildkrötenwut) (2012)
Origin: Germany | Documentary | Director: Pary el-Qualqili | 70 minutes
The story of a mysterious man whose life has been molded by flight, expulsion, and exile
The Unrecognized (2019)
Origin: Israel | Documentary | Director: Anna Oliker | 48 minutes
When the Israeli government forms a plan to urbanize Bedouin villages in the Negev, the lives of 120,000 citizens are on the verge of radical change
The Upper Gate (Bawabat Al-Fawqa) (1991)
Origin: Palestine | Documentary | Director: Arab Loutfi | 90 minutes
The Israeli occupation of South-Lebanon in 1982
The Urgent Call of Palestine (1973)
Origin: Lebanon | Documentary | Director: Ismael Shammout | 5 minutes
Restored documentary about Kamal Nasser, poet and freedom fighter, assassinated in 1973
The Veiled Hope (1994)
Origin: France | Documentary | Director: Norma Marcos | 55 minutes
The personal and political challenges facing Palestinian women
The Very Narrow Bridge (2024)
Origin: Israel, Palestine, Australia | Documentary | Director: Esther Takac | 76 minutes
An eye-opening journey into the lives of Palestinian and Israeli women and men who lost a child or parent in the conflict, but instead of responding with hate and anger, started a movement to end the violence.
The View (2008)
Origin: Unknown | Fiction | Director: Hazim Bitar | 16 minutes
The View tells the story of an Israeli sniper who takes aim at an unsuspecting Palestinian couple
The Viewing Booth (2019)
Origin: Israel USA | Documentary | Director: Ra´anan Alexandrowicz | 70 minutes
In a laboratory-like setup, The Viewing Booth recounts a unique encounter between a filmmaker and a viewer
The Village Leagues (2024)
Origin: Israel | Documentary | Director: Tal Michael, David Ofek | 60 minutes
It was Israel’s great political experiment in the occupied territories before the intifada: Establishing a new Palestinian leadership to replace PLO. At first, it was a success, but its architects – Palestinian and Israeli – still bear the tragic conseque
The Village under the forest (2013)
Origin: Unknown | Documentary | Director: Mark Kaplan - Heidi Grunebaum | 55 minutes
The real story of the Nakba through the hidden remains of the destroyed Palestinian village of Lubya