This year we are delighted to be collaborating with Encounters Film Festival, to present an exciting programme of short Palestinian films under the theme Shades of Protest. Encounters will be a digital festival in 2020, running from 18 September until 11 October. You can buy a festival pass for just £10, which provides access to over 400 short films and animations from around the world.
Our programme at Encounters Digital Film Festival 2020
Ambience
Wisam Al Jafari
2018
15 mins
Short
Palestine
In a chaotic refugee camp, two Palestinians failing in their attempt to record a demo for a music competition, find a creative way forward.
Bodies in Motion
Rehab Nazzal
2019
3 mins
Short
Canada/Palestine
Using hundreds of silhouettes of stone-slinging protestors, this powerful silent film explores the symbolic gestures that have marked the Palestinian uprisings.
Gazagraph
Yousef Nateel
2018
40 mins
Short
Palestine
Documentary exploring the way in which Gaza’s social and political past has been recorded across the decades through photography.
Made in Palestine
Mariam Dweda
2019
8 mins
Short
US/Palestine
A touching portrait of the last remaining factory in Palestine to produce the keffiyeh, an iconic symbol of Palestine and its heritage.
Maradona’s Legs
Firas Khoury
2019
23 mins
Short
Germany/Palestine
On a quest to complete their 1990 World Cup album, two young brothers are determined to find ‘Maradona’s legs’, the last missing sticker.
Until the Last Drop
Tim Webster
2020
20 mins
Short
UK/Palestine
Eye-opening documentary of two farmers in the West Bank, one Israeli and one Palestinian, farming the same land but with unequal access to water resources.
Juha the Whale
Karam el Masri
2016
13 mins
Short
Canada
Coming-of-age feature exploring the isolation faced by a refugee mother and her daughter as they await their claimant hearing in Toronto, Canada.
