Origin: Palestine | Documentary | Director: Maggie Lemere | 84 minutes

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Land of Canaan
Land of Canaan is a feature documentary and cinematic environmental meditation that immerses viewers in the lives of and relationships between Palestinian farmers and their thousands-of-years-old olive trees in the West Bank, Palestine. At its center is Dr. Nasser Abufarha, a Palestinian-American entrepreneur who returns to the West Bank and, finding the olive heritage in crisis, leads a movement to preserve an ecosystem and generations of ecological knowledge while helping build one of Palestine’s most influential fair-trade networks. In a time when land, culture, and livelihood face erasure, Land of Canaan bears witness to what is at stake — and why it must be protected.

For more information go to: landofcanaanfilm.com, or Palestine Museum US, contact: tel:+1 203 530-2248

Festivals and Awards:
Trento Film Festival — Best Documentary on Current Affairs; Arizona International Film Festival — Best Documentary;
Ely MN Film Festival — Best Cinematography; Nordic Palestine Film Festival — Jury Special Honorable Mention
Chicago Palestine Film Festival 2026: https://www.palestinefilmfest.com/schedule/land-of-canaan
Toronto Palestine Film Festival 2026: https://www.tpff.ca/program-2026-2/landofcanaan

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