To mark Palestine Cinema Days Around the World in partnership with Palestine Filmlab, Cinema Palestino presents a selection of Palestinian documentaries from the past and present.
Discussion: This screening will be followed by an optional discussion in the Showroom Private Cafe hosted by Cinema Palestino.
Tickets: All tickets £6.
Programme:
They Do Not Exist (1974)
Shooting under extraordinary conditions, the director, who worked with Godard on his Ici et Ailleurs (Here and Elsewhere) - this film was shot on the same 16mm camera - and founded the Palestine Liberation Organisation's film division, covers conditions in Lebanon's refugee camps, the effects of Israeli bombardments, and the lives of guerrillas in training camps. They Do Not Exist is a stylistically unique work which explodes at the intersection between the political and the aesthetic.
dir. Mustafa Abu Ali
Gazawyat (2026)
A short documentary series uncovering the untold stories of women in Gaza, a testament to their resilience and strength amid war. Offering a deeply human perspective beyond the headlines, this series amplifies voices too often left unheard.
سلسلة أفلام وثائقية قصيرة تكشف القصص غير المروية لنساء غزة، شاهدة على صمودهن وقوتهن في زمن الحرب. تقدم السلسلة سرداً إنسانياً عميقاً يتجاوز العناوين الإخبارية، وتُبرِز أصواتاً لطالما بقيت في الظل.
The Women, as they are. In their most fragile moments, and their most honest. Despite all that weighs upon their hearts, and despite the fear, they tell the story, as if the act of storytelling itself is an act of survival.
Gazawyat… They are not only survivors, but keepers of the narrative. They turn exhaustion into strength, grief into language, and despair into a light that never burns.
Gazawyat is a group of four short documentaries produced by Filmlab Palestine, reminding us that women, even in the harshest moments, find a way to remain, to speak, and to shine on.
dirs. Khaled Tuaima, Moayed Abu Ammouneh, Shorouq Al-Aila, Aisha Adly
Duration
1h
Language Arabic with English Subtitles