Welcome to the Palestine Cinema movie database
When light is displaced (2021)
Origin: Palestine | Documentary | Director: Zaina Bseiso | 7 minutes
A multigenerational experience in exile. The filmmaker tells her father about her intention to film the last orange grove in Los Angeles because of its parallels with the fate of the Jaffa oranges, but he disagree..
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
When Weather Permits (2024)
Origin: Palestine | Documentary | Director: Hareth Yousef | 10 minutes
A short experimental film that mixes photography, archival images, and audio, this piece explores the profound longing and complex realities of Yousef’s homeland.
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
Where the wind blows (2024)
Origin: USA, Palestine | Documentary | Director: Hana Elias | 16 minutes
After building a life in New York City, Nassib returns to his Palestinian hometown of Shefa-’Amr after 50 years to revive an ancestral garden. Filmmaker Hana Elias is filming the rituals around their first olive harvest.
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