Welcome to the Palestine Cinema movie database
When pigs have wings (Le cochon de Gaza) (2011)
Origin: Belgium/Germany/France | Fiction | Director: Sylvain Estibal | 98 minutes
After a tempest fisherman Jafaar from Gaza finds a pig in his net
When the boys return (2012)
Origin: Norway | Documentary | Director: Tone Andersen | 58 minutes
A group of Palestinian youths try to come to terms with their experience of being jailed by Israel.
When Things Occur (2016)
Origin: Palestine, UK | Documentary | Director: Oraib Toukan | 27 minutes
This movie, based on Skype conversations is asking questions about viewing 'at a distance' the misery of the war on Gaza in 2014
Where Olive Trees Weep (2024)
Origin: Palestine | Documentary | Director: Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo | 103 minutes
"Where Olive Trees Weep" offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma, and the quest for justice.
Where should the birds fly (2012)
Origin: Palestine | Documentary | Director: Fida Qishta | 58 minutes
The compelling and moving story of two remarkable young women, the future of Palestine
Wherever you go (2011)
Origin: Israel | Fiction | Director: Ronny Sasson Angel | 63 minutes
Two women on the run for their Jewish Orthodox and Bedouin families
While We Waited For You (2020)
Origin: Palestine | Documentary | Director: Muayad Alayan | 7 minutes
A short diary captured by Muayad Alayan during the Covid-19 lockdown when the director and his journalist wife await the birth of their child
Whispers of the Cities (2014)
Origin: UK | Documentary | Director: Kasim Abid | 62 minutes
Three different cities of the Middle East, Erbil, Ramallah, Baghdad
White oil (2013)
Origin: Unknown | Documentary | Director: Judy Price | 60 minutes
Documentary about the quarries in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Why? (1982)
Origin: Lebanon | Documentary | Director: Monica Maurer | 28 minutes
Filmmaker Maurer teamed with Iraqi filmmaker Samir Nimr to make Why?. Shot in Beirut and released during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, the film portrayed the brutality of the siege, the indiscriminate attacks and people's survival.