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Watermelon Pictures: Life Is Beautiful (streaming)
2024-11-26 - 2024-12-01 | Virtual
New Release from Watermelon Pictures:
Exiled above the arctic circle in Norway and refusing to accept the boundaries imposed by international politics & rigid bureaucracy, Palestinian filmmaker Mohamed Jabaly insists on telling heartfelt stories from his hometown Gaza. Despite his statelessness and having only limited connection to his family abroad, he manages to channel support from friends and his own creativity, adhering to his motto LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL. And throughout it all, he fights for his rights with integrity, community, and a smile for the world.
Check out the trailer here: https://youtu.be/nqTlHyjR1xA
Screening on major digital platforms on 11/26!
https://www.watermelonpictures.com/films/life-is-beautiful-a-letter-to-gaza

Virtual Movie Screenings: Every Saturday with Palestine Museum US
2024-12-07 09:00 - 11:00, 2024-12-14 09:00 - 11:00, 2024-12-21 09:00 - 11:00, 2024-12-28 09:00 - 11:00, 2025-01-04 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Check website: https://www.palestinemuseum.us/events for current showings and for registration links!
Often the screening ends with a Q&A with the director!

Walled Off: Exclusive Screening
2024-12-08 15:00 - 18:00 | Cherry Street Village, 720 25th Avenue, Seattle, WA, United States
Join us for a Special Screening of the film “Walled Off.” Witness this powerful documentary in person with fellow film enthusiasts. Immerse yourself in the thought-provoking storyline and visually stunning cinematography. This event promises to be a memorable experience for all attendees. Don’t miss out on this Exclusive Screening!

"5 Broken Cameras" Film Screening
2025-01-12 10:30 - 12:30 | University – Seattle Public Library, 5009 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
“5 Broken Cameras” Film Screening
Sunday, January 12, 2025·10:30am – 12:30pm

University Branch – The Seattle Public Library, 5009 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105, USA

Join JVP Seattle for a screening and discussion of ‘5 Broken Cameras’, part of an ongoing film series. Beginning in 2005, filmmaker Emad Burnet records his village’s resistance to the encroachment of Israeli settlements. Structured around the violent destruction of each one of Burnat’s cameras, the filmmakers’ collaboration follows one family’s evolution over five years of village turmoil. Register at bit.ly/jvpscreening

Marketing the Occupation: Part Three - The Social Media Battleground in a Time of War
2025-01-19 12:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Israel and pro-Israel advocacy groups have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on social media messaging to build “Brand Israel” and sway U.S. public opinion. Such campaigns have influenced elections, inserted falsehoods into news cycles, and intimated decision-makers into funding weapons for Israel. But there is resistance. For example, Wikipedia has deemed the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) “a generally unreliable source” on the war in Gaza. Students assert their First Amendment rights, protesting on campuses, advocating for boycotts, and sharing news directly from Gaza. What are the dimensions of this social media battle for the “hearts and minds” of the American public?

Watch the curated videos for free at your convenience. | Join the Q&A discussion with:
Omar Zahzah – Assistant Professor, AMED Studies, San Francisco State University
Katie Halper – Host, “The Katie Halper Show” (WBAI); Co-Host, “Useful Idiots”
Bryce Greene – FAIR Student Organizer, Indiana University Bloomington
Maya Berry – (Moderator) Executive Director, Arab American Institute

Register now: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-January2025
Watch the trailer: https://tinyurl.com/VFHL-TrailerJanuary2025

Movie: From Ground Zero at the Grand Illusion
2025-01-19 15:15 - 17:30 | Grand Illusion Theater, 1403 NE 50th St, Seattle, WA, 98105
Shortlisted for Best International Feature for the 2025 Academy Awards, FROM GROUND ZERO is an anthology project comprised of 22 short films created by filmmakers from Gaza. Launched by renowned Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi, the initiative was created during the current 2023/2024 conflict and aims to provide a platform for young Palestinian artists to express themselves through their craft.
Each film, ranging in length from three to six minutes, presents a unique perspective on the current reality in Gaza. The project captures the diverse experiences of life in the Palestinian enclave, including the challenges, tragedies, and moments of resilience faced by its people. Using a mix of genres including fiction, documentary, docu-fiction, animation, and experimental cinema, From Ground Zero presents a rich diversity of stories that reflect the sorrow, joy, and hope inherent in Gazan life.
Despite harsh filming conditions, Gaza’s vibrant artistic scene shines through this stunning anthology film, which offers an intimate and powerful portrait of daily life in modern-day Palestine – and the enduring spirit of its people.
In Arabic with English subtitles.
“The fact that this film even exists seems miraculous… [From Ground Zero] aims to humanize, to empathize, to go beyond the headlines and geopolitics. It aims to convey the hopes and dreams of everyday people, which persist even in dire circumstances.” Jennifer Green, Alliance of Women Film Journalists
“A powerful cry to the world that these filmmakers, collaborators, and people walking in the background are still there, still living under worsening conditions, and still need help. From Ground Zero is an unforgettable exhibition of the human spirit.” Monica Castillo, RogerEbert.com

Sunday, Jan 19, 2025, 3:15pm
Tuesday, Jan 21, 2025, 7:15pm
Saturday, Jan 25, 2025, 4:15pm

Movie: From Ground Zero at the Grand Illusion
2025-01-21 19:15 - 21:30 | Grand Illusion Theater, 1403 NE 50th St, Seattle, WA, 98105
Shortlisted for Best International Feature for the 2025 Academy Awards, FROM GROUND ZERO is an anthology project comprised of 22 short films created by filmmakers from Gaza. Launched by renowned Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi, the initiative was created during the current 2023/2024 conflict and aims to provide a platform for young Palestinian artists to express themselves through their craft.
Each film, ranging in length from three to six minutes, presents a unique perspective on the current reality in Gaza. The project captures the diverse experiences of life in the Palestinian enclave, including the challenges, tragedies, and moments of resilience faced by its people. Using a mix of genres including fiction, documentary, docu-fiction, animation, and experimental cinema, From Ground Zero presents a rich diversity of stories that reflect the sorrow, joy, and hope inherent in Gazan life.
Despite harsh filming conditions, Gaza’s vibrant artistic scene shines through this stunning anthology film, which offers an intimate and powerful portrait of daily life in modern-day Palestine – and the enduring spirit of its people.
In Arabic with English subtitles.
“The fact that this film even exists seems miraculous… [From Ground Zero] aims to humanize, to empathize, to go beyond the headlines and geopolitics. It aims to convey the hopes and dreams of everyday people, which persist even in dire circumstances.” Jennifer Green, Alliance of Women Film Journalists
“A powerful cry to the world that these filmmakers, collaborators, and people walking in the background are still there, still living under worsening conditions, and still need help. From Ground Zero is an unforgettable exhibition of the human spirit.” Monica Castillo, RogerEbert.com

Tuesday, Jan 21, 2025, 7:15pm
Saturday, Jan 25, 2025, 4:15pm

Movie: From Ground Zero at the Grand Illusion
2025-01-25 16:15 - 18:30 | Grand Illusion Theater, 1403 NE 50th St, Seattle, WA, 98105
Shortlisted for Best International Feature for the 2025 Academy Awards, FROM GROUND ZERO is an anthology project comprised of 22 short films created by filmmakers from Gaza. Launched by renowned Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi, the initiative was created during the current 2023/2024 conflict and aims to provide a platform for young Palestinian artists to express themselves through their craft.
Each film, ranging in length from three to six minutes, presents a unique perspective on the current reality in Gaza. The project captures the diverse experiences of life in the Palestinian enclave, including the challenges, tragedies, and moments of resilience faced by its people. Using a mix of genres including fiction, documentary, docu-fiction, animation, and experimental cinema, From Ground Zero presents a rich diversity of stories that reflect the sorrow, joy, and hope inherent in Gazan life.
Despite harsh filming conditions, Gaza’s vibrant artistic scene shines through this stunning anthology film, which offers an intimate and powerful portrait of daily life in modern-day Palestine – and the enduring spirit of its people.
In Arabic with English subtitles.
“The fact that this film even exists seems miraculous… [From Ground Zero] aims to humanize, to empathize, to go beyond the headlines and geopolitics. It aims to convey the hopes and dreams of everyday people, which persist even in dire circumstances.” Jennifer Green, Alliance of Women Film Journalists
“A powerful cry to the world that these filmmakers, collaborators, and people walking in the background are still there, still living under worsening conditions, and still need help. From Ground Zero is an unforgettable exhibition of the human spirit.” Monica Castillo, RogerEbert.com

Saturday, Jan 25, 2025, 4:15pm

The Unfathomable Truth: Palestine and Israel in Context
2025-02-01 09:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Please click here to register to view the video.

Screening will start at 12:00 Noon US EST; 18:00 Europe; 19:00 Palestine; 17:00 UK; running time: 52 minutes; English language. The screening will be followed with a discussion with the video producer Mercy Quaye, founder & CEO of The Narrative Project, and interviewees Faisal Saleh and Shelly Altman.
On October 24, 2024, The Narrative Project brought together Faisal Saleh, Founder of the Palestine Museum US, and Shelly Altman, Co-Founder of Jewish Voice for Peace New Haven, Connecticut, to discuss the history that predates the October 7, 2023 attack and the ensuing fifteen months of turmoil.
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Movie: From Ground Zero at the Northwest Film Forum
2025-02-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Shortlisted for Best International Feature for the 2025 Academy Awards, FROM GROUND ZERO is an anthology project comprised of 22 short films created by filmmakers from Gaza. Launched by renowned Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi, the initiative was created during the current 2023/2024 conflict and aims to provide a platform for young Palestinian artists to express themselves through their craft.
Each film, ranging in length from three to six minutes, presents a unique perspective on the current reality in Gaza. The project captures the diverse experiences of life in the Palestinian enclave, including the challenges, tragedies, and moments of resilience faced by its people. Using a mix of genres including fiction, documentary, docu-fiction, animation, and experimental cinema, From Ground Zero presents a rich diversity of stories that reflect the sorrow, joy, and hope inherent in Gazan life.
Despite harsh filming conditions, Gaza’s vibrant artistic scene shines through this stunning anthology film, which offers an intimate and powerful portrait of daily life in modern-day Palestine – and the enduring spirit of its people.
In Arabic with English subtitles.
“The fact that this film even exists seems miraculous… [From Ground Zero] aims to humanize, to empathize, to go beyond the headlines and geopolitics. It aims to convey the hopes and dreams of everyday people, which persist even in dire circumstances.” Jennifer Green, Alliance of Women Film Journalists
“A powerful cry to the world that these filmmakers, collaborators, and people walking in the background are still there, still living under worsening conditions, and still need help. From Ground Zero is an unforgettable exhibition of the human spirit.” Monica Castillo, RogerEbert.com

No Other Land: SIFF
2025-02-07 16:45 - 18:15, 2025-02-07 19:00 - 20:30 | SIFF Film Center, 305 Harrison St, Seattle, 98109
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
Select showtime for pricing and tickets.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2025

SIFF Film Center

4:45 PM7:00 PM

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2025

SIFF Film Center

4:45 PM7:00 PM

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2025

SIFF Film Center

7:00 PM

No Other Land: SIFF
2025-02-08 16:45 - 18:30, 2025-02-08 19:00 - 20:30 | SIFF Film Center, 305 Harrison St, Seattle, 98109
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
Select showtime for pricing and tickets.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2025

SIFF Film Center

4:45 PM7:00 PM

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2025

SIFF Film Center

7:00 PM

No Other Land: SIFF
2025-02-10 19:00 - 20:30 | SIFF Film Center, 305 Harrison St, Seattle, 98109
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
Select showtime for pricing and tickets.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2025

SIFF Film Center

7:00 PM

No Other Land (in person) - NWFF
2025-02-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards!
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families – the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while growing closer. Their complex bond is haunted by the extreme inequality between them: Basel, living under a brutal military occupation, and Yuval, unrestricted and free. This film, by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists, was co-created during the darkest, most terrifying times in the region, as an act of creative resistance to Apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice.
Synopsis courtesy of mTuckman Media

Thu Feb 20: 7.30pm PDT
Fri Feb 21: 7.00pm PDT
Sat Feb 22: 4.00pm PDT, 7.00pm PDT
Fri Feb 28: 7.00pm PDT
Sat Mar 01: 4.00pm PDT, 7.00pm PDT
Sun Mar 02: 4.00pm PDT

No Other Land (in person) - NWFF
2025-02-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards!
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families – the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while growing closer. Their complex bond is haunted by the extreme inequality between them: Basel, living under a brutal military occupation, and Yuval, unrestricted and free. This film, by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists, was co-created during the darkest, most terrifying times in the region, as an act of creative resistance to Apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice.
Synopsis courtesy of mTuckman Media
Fri Feb 21: 7.00pm PDT
Sat Feb 22: 4.00pm PDT, 7.00pm PDT
Fri Feb 28: 7.00pm PDT
Sat Mar 01: 4.00pm PDT, 7.00pm PDT
Sun Mar 02: 4.00pm PDT

Stitching Palestine: Virtual Movie Screenings with Palestine Museum US
2025-02-22 09:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Check website: https://www.palestinemuseum.us/events for current showings and for registration links!
Often the screening ends with a Q&A with the director!

This Saturday – Documentary Film – “Stitching Palestine,”by Carole Mansour.
Saturday, 12:00 Noon US EDT, 19:00 Palestine Time, 18:00 Europe
Running Time 77 minutes, English with English subtitles as applicable. The film screening will be followed by discussions with the audience.
The Story behind “Stitching Palestine:” Twelve Palestinian women sit before us and talk of their life before the Diaspora, of their memories, of their lives and of their identity.
Their narratives are connected by the enduring thread of the ancient art of embroidery.
Please Click here to register for this event.

No Other Land (in person) - NWFF
2025-02-22 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-02-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards!
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families – the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while growing closer. Their complex bond is haunted by the extreme inequality between them: Basel, living under a brutal military occupation, and Yuval, unrestricted and free. This film, by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists, was co-created during the darkest, most terrifying times in the region, as an act of creative resistance to Apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice.
Synopsis courtesy of mTuckman Media
Sat Feb 22: 4.00pm PDT, 7.00pm PDT
Fri Feb 28: 7.00pm PDT
Sat Mar 01: 4.00pm PDT, 7.00pm PDT
Sun Mar 02: 4.00pm PDT

No Other Land (in person) - NWFF
2025-02-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards!
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families – the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while growing closer. Their complex bond is haunted by the extreme inequality between them: Basel, living under a brutal military occupation, and Yuval, unrestricted and free. This film, by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists, was co-created during the darkest, most terrifying times in the region, as an act of creative resistance to Apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice.
Synopsis courtesy of mTuckman Media
Fri Feb 28: 7.00pm PDT
Sat Mar 01: 4.00pm PDT, 7.00pm PDT
Sun Mar 02: 4.00pm PDT

No Other Land (in person) - NWFF
2025-03-01 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-03-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards!
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families – the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while growing closer. Their complex bond is haunted by the extreme inequality between them: Basel, living under a brutal military occupation, and Yuval, unrestricted and free. This film, by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists, was co-created during the darkest, most terrifying times in the region, as an act of creative resistance to Apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice.
Synopsis courtesy of mTuckman Media
Sat Mar 01: 4.00pm PDT, 7.00pm PDT
Sun Mar 02: 4.00pm PDT

Ismail: Film Screening + Discussion
2025-03-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
Register below to join us for an online film screening of “Ismail”, a Palestinian short film. Following the film will be a discussion with our teachers from the West Bank to hear about the present situation in the region. There will also be an opportunity to learn about upcoming PAB classes and to support the project! COST: *FREE* DATE: March 2 TIME: 1 pm EST / 8pm Palestine ABOUT THE FILM: “Inspired by a day in the life of Palestinian painter Ismail Shammout, Ismail tells the story of a young man struggling to support his parents after their expulsion to a Refugee camp in 1948”. This is a tender hearted film with minimal depictions of violence.
ABOUT PAB: “Palestinian Arabic Bridge” We are a mutual aid project working to connect those who want to learn Arabic with Palestinians in the West Bank who are offering online Palestinian Arabic lessons, conversation practice, and cultural lessons. Every penny goes directly into the teachers hands. All admin and marketing is done through an entirely volunteer basis.
Right now, we are looking to raise a small amount of funds so that we can extend PAB’s reach to more prospective students. There will be an opportunity to donate whatever you can or to help us spread the word in other ways. Learn more about PAB through our linktree: https://linktr.ee/palarabicbridge If you have any questions, feel free to email us at: PAB.Connect.Info@gmail.com ACCESS NEEDS: We will be enabling Automatic Captions during the event. Participants are welcome to have video on or off. Participants will be muted during the screening. If you have any access needs that have not been addressed above, please send us an email at PAB.Connect.Info@gmail.com We will do our best to accommodate needs as we are able! NEWSLETTER: If you would like to hear about upcoming PAB events and classes, please join our mailing list! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeyV9xppLDNX2EsZjloVfi7mCgcy9LlI4I9pgDuQmNE4wgoVQ/viewform

No Other Land (in person) - NWFF
2025-03-02 16:00 - 18:00 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards!
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families – the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while growing closer. Their complex bond is haunted by the extreme inequality between them: Basel, living under a brutal military occupation, and Yuval, unrestricted and free. This film, by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists, was co-created during the darkest, most terrifying times in the region, as an act of creative resistance to Apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice.
Synopsis courtesy of mTuckman Media
Sun Mar 02: 4.00pm PDT

Movie: No Other Land
2025-03-05 15:30 - 17:00 | Firehouse Theater, 11171 NE State Highway 104, Suite 111, Kingston, WA, 98346
No Other Land
|96 minutes

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.

3:30 PM
6:30 PM
