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
With Hasan in Gaza (2025)
Origin: Palestine, Germany, France, Qatar | Documentary | Director: Kamal Aljafari | 106 minutes
Three MiniDV tapes of life in Gaza from 2001 were recently rediscovered. What started as a search for a former prison mate from 1989, led to an unexpected road trip from the north to the south of Gaza with Hasan, a local guide whose fate remains unknown.
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