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2022

Masarat

Following its vision of bringing Palestinian films to a wider and local audience, the Palestine Cinema Days will launch "Masarat" in its tenth edition.   Here, new Palestinian voices are given a stage to present themselves and engage in dialogue with their audiences: a unique platform for young talents to bring their creations into direct exchange with other professionals and at the same time an exciting opportunity for Palestinian society to experience the current cinematic developments of Palestinian cine

Palestine Cinema Days 2022 Palestinians Resist Through Cinema

The 9th annual Palestine Cinema Days will kick off this week, on Tuesday, November 1, with the Palestinian film nominated to the 2023 Oscars, “Mediterranean Fever” by Maha Haj, from Nazareth. This year, Palestine Cinema Days will screen 58 films bringing together cinema lovers in seven cities: Ramallah, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Jenin, Birzeit, Haifa and Gaza. A new highlight of the film festival this year will be the subprogram, “Voicing Visual Memory”, commemorating 40 years since the exodus of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) from Beirut. The subprogram will include the screening of films from that period, panel discussions and a book launch.  This year, Palestine Cinema Days is honored to host Hussein El Qalla, a prominent, Egypt-based Palestinian producer, who produced several films that are considered among the hallmarks of Egyptian cinema.