A Palestinian school teacher (Saleh Bakri) struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students and the chance of a new relationship with a volunteer worker (Imogen Poots). The Teacher was selected for the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023

The film will be followed by a Q&A with director Farah Nabulsi.

Farah Nabulsi

Farah is an Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning Palestinian British filmmaker who writes, directs and produces fiction films inspired by socially relevant themes. In 2016 she started working in the film industry as a writer and producer of short fiction films, including Today They Took My Son, endorsed by British Director Ken Loach and screened at the United Nations.

The Present, her directorial debut, which she also co-wrote and produced, premiered at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2020 and won the coveted Audience Award for Best Film. It went on to win over 50 International Film Festival Jury and Audience Awards, a BAFTA Award and an Oscar Nomination.

The Teacher is Farah’s directorial fiction feature-length film debut.

In her words: “The arts play a crucial role in changing the world and I believe film precedes them all. It gives voice to the silenced, thereby helping build the empathy and understanding needed to effect change.”

Farah has been invited to serve as a jury member at numerous festivals and as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.