Welcome to the Palestine Cinema movie database
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 Can I Start a Film About Palestine? (2025)
Origin: France, Tunisia | Documentary | Director: Maxime Naudet Anoudou | 22 minutes
October 1985: when the Israeli air force bombed the PLO headquarters near Tunis, colonial violence left a wound in Tunisian flesh that transcended borders. Solidarity between the two peoples did not begin there, but it was strongly reaffirmed:
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
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