Welcome to the Palestine Cinema movie database


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.


Why War (2024)
Origin: Israel | Documentary | Director: Amos Gitai | 90 minutes
Albert Einstein was invited by the League of NationAlbert Einstein's correspondance with Sigmund Freud on the subject of avoiding war. Why War explores the roots of war and sets out to understand the causes of violence and actual conflicts


Wifi Rider (2020)
Origin: Palestine | Documentary | Director: Roxy Rezvany | 13 minutes
A young Palestinian turns to the internet as he struggles to shape his identity under the pressures of life in East Jerusalem.

Wilders: the movie (2010)
Origin: Netherlands | Documentary | Director: Joost van der Valk - Mags Gavan | 70 minutes
Examination of a global alignment of farright and Islamophobic political forces

Window (2017)
Origin: Palestine | Fiction | Director: Ali Okeh | 7 minutes
A young boy makes plans for the ultimate trip

Witch Hunt (2019)
Origin: UK | Documentary | Director: John Pullman | 62 minutes
Accusations of antisemitism against Jeremy Corbyn and other Labour leaders


With Abu Jamal (2019)
Origin: Norway/Denmark/Palestine | Documentary | Director: Siri Nerbø | 36 minutes
The social arena of a cigarette shop in Ramallah


Within and out (Adentro y fuera) (2023)
Origin: Spain | Documentary | Director: Brigitte Valobra | 2 minutes
Video of a dance performance expressing the suffering of Gaza

Within the Eye of the Storm (2012)
Origin: Palestine/Israel | Documentary | Director: Shelley Hermon | 52/68 minutes
Two fathers, one Palestinian, one Israeli, lost their daughters but find comfort in their friendship

With Premeditation (2014)
Origin: Palestine | Fiction | Director: Arab Abu Nasser - Tarzan Abu Nasser | 5 minutes
What praying can bring about when it is only performed for the sake of social status