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Free Virtual Screening of "Jenin Jenin 2024," by Palestinian filmmaker Mohammed Bakri
2025-03-15 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
Free Virtual Screening of “Jenin Jenin 2024,” by Palestinian filmmaker Mohammed Bakri; running time 60 min; released 2024.
Saturday March 15, 2025 at 12:00 Noon US EDT; 18:00 Palestine, 17:00 Europe, UK 16:00; Running Time 60 minutes, 2024, English subtitles. The film screening will be followed by discussions with the film director Mohammad Bakri.
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The Mideast Focus Twelfth Annual Film Series 2025 "Bearing Witness": The Law and The Prophets
2025-03-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual
THE EPISCOPAL BISHOP’S COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE & PEACE IN THE HOLY LAND
presents
The Mideast Focus Twelfth Annual Film Series 2025
“Bearing Witness”
The next film is The Law and The Prophets
“a feature documentary that amplifies the voices of the brave, determined individuals who are trying to expose the destructive, unjust, and sometimes invisible ways in which Israel exploits and oppresses Palestinians” https://www.thelawandtheprophetsfilm.com/
This film is freely available on here.
Click here to watch it at your convenience.
Join our discussion over Zoom on Thursday, March 20 at 7 p.m. Pacific Time
Special guest speaker: filmmaker Joshua Vis
Come with questions about the film and Joshua’s work building houses in Palestine and giving tours of the region
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The Mideast Focus Film Series 2025: The Law and the Prophets
2025-03-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
March 20, 2025
Film: “The Law and the Prophets” Speaker, Josh Vis
Zoom discussion 7pm. Screening of film on own prior to discussion.

April 3, 2025
Film: “Where Olive Trees Weep” Speaker, Issa Amro
Screening online together 6:30pm, followed by Zoom discussion.

April 10, 2025
Film: “Lyd” Speaker, Sabrene Odeh and Maher Joudi
Zoom discussion 7pm. Screening of film on own prior to discussion.

3 Short Films (streaming) by Mahdi Felafel
2025-03-31 - 2025-04-02 | WA
Rounding out our March program curated by Batool Elhennawy, today we are excited to share 3 Shorts by Mahdi Fleifel: Xenos (2014), I Signed the Petition (2018), and 3 Logical Exits (2020). Streaming with English subtitles at palestinefilminstitute.org through April 2nd.
في ختام برنامجنا لشهر مارس، الذي أشرفت عليه بتول الحناوي، يسرّنا اليوم أن نشارككم ثلاثة أفلام قصيرة من إخراج مهدي فليفل: “زينوس” (2014)، و”وقعتُ على العريضة” (2018)، و”ثلاثة مخارج منطقية” (2020). الأفلام متاحة للمشاهدة مع ترجمة إنجليزية على palestinefilminstitute.org حتى 2 أبريل.

No Other Land: SIFF
2025-03-31 19:00 - 20:00 | SIFF Cinema Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave N,, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight.

Director:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Country:Palestine, Norway
Running Time:95 min.
Producer:Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
Cinematographers:Rachel Szor
Editors:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Music:Julius Pollux Rothlaender
Language:Arabic, Hebrew, English
US Distributor:Cintetic Handling
International Sales:Autlook

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MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

7:00 PM

FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

7:15 PM

SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:30 PM

SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

7:00 PM

MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM7:30 PM

TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

7:15 PM

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM7:00 PM

The Mideast Focus Film Series 2025: Where Olive Trees Weep
2025-04-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
April 3, 2025
Film: “Where Olive Trees Weep” Speaker, Issa Amro
Screening online together 6:30pm, followed by Zoom discussion.

Movie: The Encampments
2025-04-04 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-05 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-04-05 22:00 - 23:30, 2025-04-09 16:30 - 18:00, 2025-04-10 19:30 - 21:00 | The Beacon, 4405 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
THE ENCAMPMENTS follows student organizers at some of the world’s most prestigious universities as they take a historic stand against their institutions’ investments in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, igniting one of the largest student movements in history which continues to have far-reaching effects on US and world policies today.
Filmed on the ground and in real-time as these events were unfolding, THE ENCAMPMENTS features detained student activist Mahmoud Khalil and takes viewers inside America’s student uprising with incredible intimacy and urgency. Professors, whistleblowers from inside Ivy League administrations, and student activists shed light on a moment that captivated the nation’s attention and continues to make headlines today.
“What makes THE ENCAMPMENTS artistically triumphant is its sense of contemporary and historical detail, owed to both footage shot by the filmmakers, as well as by the protesters themselves. In the process, co-directors Kei Pritsker and Michael T. Workman craft a work of cinema that’s as rigorously journalistic in its arguments as it is nakedly sentimental.” – IndieWire
“This is more than a student protest—it’s a generational struggle for justice. Students have always led the charge for justice, from the sit-ins of the Civil Rights Movement to the campus protests against South African apartheid. The encampments that started at Columbia are part of that legacy, inspiring millions of people around the world. The film ensures the students in US and Gaza are heard, their actions are remembered, and the fight for Palestinian liberation continues.” – Macklemore
“Khalil remains detained at an ICE facility in Louisiana amid a legal battle to prevent his deportation from the U.S. after the Trump administration ordered his removal… The legal challenge to Khalil might ultimately come down to the Supreme Court, which would decide how far the secretary of state can determine whether a permanent resident can be removed for speech.” – Axios

Movie: No Other Land
2025-04-04 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-08 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-09 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Roxy, 270 4th Street, Bremerton, WA, 98337
Directed by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal
This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

No Other Land: SIFF
2025-04-04 19:15 - 21:15 | SIFF Cinema Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave N,, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight.

Director:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Country:Palestine, Norway
Running Time:95 min.
Producer:Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
Cinematographers:Rachel Szor
Editors:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Music:Julius Pollux Rothlaender
Language:Arabic, Hebrew, English
US Distributor:Cintetic Handling
International Sales:Autlook

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SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:30 PM

SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

7:00 PM

MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM7:30 PM

TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

7:15 PM

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM7:00 PM

No Other Land: SIFF
2025-04-05 16:30 - 18:30 | SIFF Cinema Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave N,, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight.

Director:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Country:Palestine, Norway
Running Time:95 min.
Producer:Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
Cinematographers:Rachel Szor
Editors:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Music:Julius Pollux Rothlaender
Language:Arabic, Hebrew, English
US Distributor:Cintetic Handling
International Sales:Autlook

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SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

7:00 PM

MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM7:30 PM

TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

7:15 PM

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM7:00 PM

Movie: No Other Land
2025-04-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Roxy, 270 4th Street, Bremerton, WA, 98337

No Other Land: SIFF
2025-04-06 19:00 - 21:00 | SIFF Cinema Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave N,, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight.

Director:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Country:Palestine, Norway
Running Time:95 min.
Producer:Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
Cinematographers:Rachel Szor
Editors:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Music:Julius Pollux Rothlaender
Language:Arabic, Hebrew, English
US Distributor:Cintetic Handling
International Sales:Autlook

TICKETS
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MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM7:30 PM

TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

7:15 PM

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM7:00 PM

No Other Land: SIFF
2025-04-07 16:15 - 18:30 | SIFF Cinema Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave N,, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight.

Director:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Country:Palestine, Norway
Running Time:95 min.
Producer:Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
Cinematographers:Rachel Szor
Editors:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Music:Julius Pollux Rothlaender
Language:Arabic, Hebrew, English
US Distributor:Cintetic Handling
International Sales:Autlook

TICKETS
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MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

7:30 PM

TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

7:15 PM

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM7:00 PM

No Other Land: SIFF
2025-04-07 19:30 - 21:30 | SIFF Cinema Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave N,, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight.

Director:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Country:Palestine, Norway
Running Time:95 min.
Producer:Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
Cinematographers:Rachel Szor
Editors:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Music:Julius Pollux Rothlaender
Language:Arabic, Hebrew, English
US Distributor:Cintetic Handling
International Sales:Autlook

TICKETS
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TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

7:15 PM

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM7:00 PM

No Other Land: SIFF
2025-04-08 19:15 - 21:00 | SIFF Cinema Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave N,, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight.

Director:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Country:Palestine, Norway
Running Time:95 min.
Producer:Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
Cinematographers:Rachel Szor
Editors:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Music:Julius Pollux Rothlaender
Language:Arabic, Hebrew, English
US Distributor:Cintetic Handling
International Sales:Autlook

TICKETS
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM7:00 PM

No Other Land: SIFF
2025-04-09 16:15 - 18:15 | SIFF Cinema Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave N,, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight.

Director:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Country:Palestine, Norway
Running Time:95 min.
Producer:Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
Cinematographers:Rachel Szor
Editors:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Music:Julius Pollux Rothlaender
Language:Arabic, Hebrew, English
US Distributor:Cintetic Handling
International Sales:Autlook

TICKETS
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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:15 PM7:00 PM

No Other Land: SIFF
2025-04-10 16:15 - 18:15 | SIFF Cinema Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave N,, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight.

Director:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Country:Palestine, Norway
Running Time:95 min.
Producer:Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
Cinematographers:Rachel Szor
Editors:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Music:Julius Pollux Rothlaender
Language:Arabic, Hebrew, English
US Distributor:Cintetic Handling
International Sales:Autlook

TICKETS
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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2025

SIFF Cinema Uptown

7:00 PM

No Other Land: SIFF
2025-04-10 19:00 - 20:30 | SIFF Cinema Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave N,, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight.

Director:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Country:Palestine, Norway
Running Time:95 min.
Producer:Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
Cinematographers:Rachel Szor
Editors:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Music:Julius Pollux Rothlaender
Language:Arabic, Hebrew, English
US Distributor:Cintetic Handling
International Sales:Autlook

TICKETS
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The Mideast Focus Film Series 2025: Lyd
2025-04-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
Film: “Lyd” Speaker, Sabrene Odeh and Maher Joudi
Zoom discussion 7pm. Screening of film on own prior to discussion.

Social Justice Film Festival: Threads of a Revolution
2025-04-11 15:00 - 17:00 | University Heights Center, 5031 University Way, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
When Janet Biehl edited her late partner Murray Bookchin’s approach to participatory politics in the 1970s, she could never have imagined that this work would one day take her half-way across the globe. In this film, Janet explores how Murray’s political theories were adapted to ignite a women-led revolution and bring about remarkable societal transformations in North East Syria. Just as civil war erupted in 2011, imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan recognised a unique opportunity for Syria’s Kurdish community: inspired by Murray’s theories, Ocalan’s followers were to establish self-governance within Syria, rather than fighting for an independent Kurdish state. The autonomous region of Rojava was created and Janet felt compelled to explore first-hand the impact-potential of Murray’s ideas, which, once ahead of their time, finally found a place to be put into practice. Against the ruins of war, Janet meets the women leading this revolution as they come to terms with life after ISIS. She visits academies that promote gender equality, teach feminist theories, and empower women from traditionally conservative communities to build a truly egalitarian society. Murray believed that true democracy could only be achieved by replacing existing political structures with a new participatory style of decision-making, grounded in the community. Janet learns that cities once destroyed by war now indeed host thriving neighbourhood assemblies and communes: direct democracy has replaced the dictatorship of President Bashar Al Assad. However, threats loom as Turkey’s President Erdogan invades parts of Rojava. Janet discovers the importance of armed self-protection groups in defending the new-gained freedom – and the cost to do the same.

Movie: The Teacher
2025-04-12 | Rio Theater on Broadway, 1660 E Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
In this gripping drama by Oscar nominated and BAFTA winning director Farah Nabulsi (The Present), Palestinian schoolteacher Basem (Saleh Bakri) faces personal turmoil after a tragic incident involving his son. He finds solace in a deep bond with his student Adam and British social worker Lisa (Imogen Poots). Meanwhile, an American attorney and his wife push for the return of their son, an Israeli soldier held by a Palestinian resistance group, leading to tensions over a potential prisoner exchange. The intertwining stories highlight themes of empathy and conflict, culminating in a powerful narrative marked by unexpected twists.

Opens 4/12

Social Justice Film Festival: Threads of a Revolution (streaming)
2025-04-14 - 2025-04-20 | University Heights Center, 5031 University Way, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
