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Cinema of Palestine

List of Palestinian films

West Asian cinema

Cinema of Armenia Cinema of Azerbaijan Cinema of Bahrain Cinema of Cyprus Cinema of Georgia Cinema of Iran Iranian New Wave Cinema of Iraq Cinema of Israel Cinema of Jordan Cinema of Kuwait Cinema of Lebanon Cinema of Palestine Cinema of Saudi Arabia Cinema of Syria Cinema of Turkey Cinema of the U.A.E. Cinema of Yemen

Demographics & geography
Palestinians

Definitions · Palestine People · Diaspora Territories · Refugee camps Geography of the Gaza Strip Geography of the West Bank Electoral Districts · Governorates · Palestinian cities Arab localities in Israel · Arab citizens of Israel· East Jerusalem ·
Politics
Hamas · PLO · PNC · PLC · PFLP PNA · PNA political parties Palestinian flag Politics of Palestine
Religion & religious sites
Christianity · Islam History of the Levant Houses of worship: Church of the Nativity · Church of the Holy Sepulchre · Church of the Annunciation · Rachel's Tomb Al-Aqsa Mosque · Dome of the Rock · Mosque of Omar Cave of the Patriarchs
Culture
Art · Costume & embroidery Cinema · Cuisine · Dance · Pottery Handicrafts · Language · Literature Music
Notable Palestinians
Hany Abu-Assad · Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Yasser Arafat · Hanan Ashrawi Mohammad Bakri · Rim Banna Tawfiq Canaan · Mahmoud Darwish Emile Habibi · Nathalie Handal Mohammed Amin al-Husseini Faisal Husseini Abd al-Qader al-Husseini Ghassan Kanafani · Ghada Karmi Leila Khaled · Rashid Khalidi Walid Khalidi · Samih al-Qasim Edward Said · Khalil al-Sakakini Elia Suleiman · Khalil al-Wazir Ahmed Yassin · May Ziade
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Palestinian cinema is relatively young in comparison to Arab cinema as a whole, many Palestinian movies are made with European and Israeli funding and support. An A-Z list of films produced in Palestine: A Adamah (1947 Al Dhakira al Khasba (1980 Al qods fee yom akhar (2002 West Asian cinema refers collectively to the Film output and film industries of the West Asia. Cinema of Armenia was born on April 16, 1923, when the Armenian State Committee on Cinema was established by the government decree The film industry in Azerbaijan dates back to 1898 In fact Azerbaijan was among the first countries involved in Cinematography. West Asian cinema refers collectively to the Film output and film industries of the West Asia. Films List of Cypriot films Renowned figures Greek Cypriots Michael Cacoyannis The Cinema in Georgia has been noted for its Cinematography in Europe The cinema of Iran (or Persian cinema) is a flourishing film industry with a long history The Cinema of Iraq or Iraqi cinema has always been existent but went through a downfall under Saddam Hussein's regime yet the development of film and film-going in Iraq The cinema of Israel ( Hebrew: קולנוע ישראלי Kolnoa Yisraeli, Lit Films produced in Jordan: West Asian cinema refers collectively to the Film output and film industries of the West Asia. The Cinema of Lebanon has been in existence since 1930 The country has produced over 100 films Palestinian cinema is relatively young in comparison to Arab cinema as a whole many Palestinian movies are made with European and Israeli funding and support The Cinema of Saudi Arabia is comparatively small as only two feature films from the country and one documentary were released in 2006. An A-Z list of Films produced in Syria. Turkish cinema is an important part of Turkish culture, and has flourished over the years delivering entertainment to audiences in Turkey, expatriates across The Cinema of the United Arab Emirates is minimal There is only one Emirati film as of 2007, Al-Hilm, about a group of frustrated actors/directors wandering West Asian cinema refers collectively to the Film output and film industries of the West Asia. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn The term Palestine and the related term Palestinian have several overlapping (and occasionally contradictory definitions Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn Palestinian diaspora ( الشتات, al-shatat) is a term used to describe Palestinians living outside of historic Palestine - an area Name There are differences of opinion as to what the Palestinian territories should be called Palestinian Refugee camps were established after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War to accommodate Palestinian refugees who fled from the war The Gaza Strip is located in the Middle East (at 31 25 N 34 20 E and consists of around 360sq km The Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة, רצועת עזה Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt on the south-west Geography of the Best Wank Location Middle East west of Jordan Geographic coordinates: Map references Middle East The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria The 16 Governorates of the West Bank and Gaza Strip are divided into 16 electoral Districts ( Aqdya, singular - Qadaa) After the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian territories were divided into three areas (Area A Area B and Area C and 16 Governorates under the jurisdiction The following is a list of cities in Palestinian National Authority administrated areas, although depending on which particular area each locality is located The list of Arab localities in Israel includes all population centers with a 50% or higher Arab population in the State of Israel. East Jerusalem refers to the part of Jerusalem captured by Jordan in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and subsequently by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة The Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO) (منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a political and paramilitary The Palestinian National Council (PNC is the legislative body of the Palestine Liberation Organization and elects its Executive Committee which assumes leadership of the The Palestinian Legislative Council (sometimes referred to as the Palestinan Parliament) the Legislature of the Palestinian Authority, is a Unicameral The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP) ( Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين al-Jabhah al-Sha`biyyah li-Tahrīr A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain Ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power usually The Palestinian flag ( علم فلسطين) was originally designed by Sharif Hussein for the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1916 The Palestinian Christians are Palestinians who follow Christianity. Islam in Israel and Palestinian territories includes the Muslims of Israel, where they constitute 16% of the population those who comprise 75% of the population of Church_of_the_nativity_bethjpg|thumb|200px|View of The Church of the Nativity from Manger Square]]The Church of the Nativity ( كنيسة المهد) in Bethlehem The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Sanctum Sepulchrum also called the Church of the Resurrection, ( Greek: Ναός της Αναστάσεως Naos tis Anastaseos This article refers to the basilica in Nazareth For information on the church associated with the Blagoveschenskaya Tower in Russia see Kremlin towers or Cathedral Rachel's Tomb ( Hebrew: קבר רחל Arabic: translit Qubbat Rakhil, trans Al-Aqsa Mosque ( Arabic:المسجد الاقصى /æl'mæsdʒɪd æl'ɑqsˁɑ/ {{Audio|ArAqsaMosque The Dome of the Rock ( Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة translit The Mosque of Omar (مسجد عمر is the oldest and only Mosque in the city of Bethlehem, located in Manger Square, near the Church of the The Cave of the Patriarchs ( Hebrew: מערת המכפלה Me'arat HaMachpela, Trans Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn Palestinian art is a term used to refer to Paintings Posters Installation art and other visual media produced by Palestinian artists Palestinian costumes are the traditional Clothing worn by Palestinians. Palestinian cuisine consists of foods from or commonly eaten by the Arabs of historical Palestine — which includes those living in the Palestinian territories Dabke ( Arabic: ar دبكة also transliterated as debke, dabka, and dabkeh) is the traditional Folk Palestinian pottery refers to Pottery produced in Palestine throughout the ages and pottery produced by modern-day Palestinians. Palestinian handicrafts are Handicrafts produced by Palestinian people. Palestinian Arabic is a Levantine Arabic dialect subgroup spoken by Palestinians and Arab Israelis. Palestinian literature refers to the Arabic language novels short stories and poems produced by Palestinians. Palestinian music ( موسيقى فلسطينية) is one of many regional sub-genres of Arabic music. The following is a list of prominent Palestinians. Academic figures Rami Abuhabsah, Biologist Nadia Hany Abu-Assad (born 11 October 1961 (هاني أبو أسعد is a Dutch - Palestinian film director Ibrahim Abu-Lughod (إبراهيم أبو لغد February 15, 1929 — May 23, 2001) was a Palestinian (later American Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini ( Arabic: محمد عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني (August 24 1929 – November 11 Hanan Daoud Khalil Ashrawi (b October 8 1946 is a Palestinian legislator human rights activist and scholar Mohammad Bakri ( 1953 -) (محمد بكري מוחמד בכרי also spelled Mohammed or Muhammad) is an Arab actor and director with Israeli Rim Banna is a Palestinian singer Composer and Arranger that is well-known for her modern interpretations of traditional folk songs Tawfiq Canaan (24 September 1882 – 15 January 1964 was a Physician and pioneer in the field of Medicine in Palestine, also well-known for being one of Mahmoud Darwish ( 13 March 1941 &ndash 9 August 2008) was a respected Palestinian poet and author who won numerous awards for Imil (Emile Shukri Habibi (إميل حبيبي אמיל חביבי 21 January 1922 – 2 May 1996) was a Palestinian - Nathalie Handal (نتالي حنظل born July 29, 1969) is a Poet, Writer, Playwright and literary researcher of Middle Mohammad Amin al-Husayni (محمد أمين الحسيني properly transliterated al-Husseini, 1895 / 1897 - July 4, 1974) a member Faisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini (فيصل عبدالقادر الحسيني ( July 17, 1940 – May 31, 2001) was a Palestinian politician Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni (عبد القادر الحسيني also spelled Abd al-Qader al-Husseini) (1907-1948 was a Palestinian nationalist and fighter who Ghassan Kanafani (غسان كنفاني April 9, 1936 in Akka, Palestine – July 8, 1972 in Beirut, Lebanon Ghada Karmi (غادة كرمي) (1939- is a Palestinian doctor of medicine author and academic Leila Khaled (ليلى خالد laylà ẖālid; born April 9, 1944) is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP Rashid Khalidi (born 1950 an American historian of the Middle East, is the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University, and director Walid Khalidi (وليد خالدي born in 1925 in Jerusalem) is an Oxford University educated Palestinian historian who has written extensively on the Samih al-Qasim ( سميح القاسم; b 1939 is a Palestinian Druze poet and citizen of Israel whose Arabic poetry is well-known Edward Wadie Saïd MRSL ( إدوارد وديع سعيد,; 1 November 1935 &ndash 25 September Khalil al-Sakakini ( خليل السكاكيني; January 23, 1878 - August 13, 1953) was a Palestinian Christian, Elia Suleiman (إيليا سليمان born July 28, 1960 in Nazareth) is a Palestinian-Israeli film director and Actor Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir ( خليل الوزير) also known by his kunya " Abu Jihad " (Arabic أبو جهاد — Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin (1937 – March 22 2004 ( Arabic: ar الشيخ أحمد ياسين was the co-founder with Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, of Hamas May Ziade (née Marie, with Ziade also written Ziadé or Ziadeh) ( مي زيادة) ( February 11 1886. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn Arab cinema refers to the cinema of the Arab world where Arabic language is used in theatre and films ^[1] Palestinian movies are not exclusively produced in Arabic and some are made in English, French and Hebrew. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language ^[2]

It is believed that there have been over 800 films produced about Palestinians, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and other related topics. ^[3]

1 Notable Directors
2 Notable Films
3 Notable Film Festivals
4 References
5 Further reading
6 External links
7 Litterature

Notable Directors

Hany Abu-Assad
Mustafa Abu Ali
Osama Al-Zain
Mohammed Bakri
Cherien Dabis
Hazim Bitar
Ammar Quttaineh
Omar Saleh
Aseel Mansour
Dalia Alkury
Jamal Dajani
Tarek Al Eryan
Annemarie Jacir
Yazan Kassisieh
Rashid Masharawi
Mai Masri
Akram Al-Ashqar
Monica Maurer
Montaser Marai
Izidore Musallam
Rosalind Nashashibi
Leila Sansour
Elia Suleiman
Mohanad Yaqubi

Notable Films

Main article: List of Palestinian films

Paradise Now. Hany Abu-Assad (born 11 October 1961 (هاني أبو أسعد is a Dutch - Palestinian film director Osama Al-Zain ( أسامة الزين) is a filmmaker and writer Mohammad Bakri ( 1953 -) (محمد بكري מוחמד בכרי also spelled Mohammed or Muhammad) is an Arab actor and director with Israeli Cherien Dabis (شيرين دابس was born in 1976 to Palestinian / Jordanian immigrant parents in USA Jamal Dajani ( جمال الدجاني) is an award winning producer and the Senior Director of Middle Eastern Programming at Link TV. Tarek Alarian ( Arabic: طارق العريان (born September 12, 1963) is a Palestinian - American film director living in Egypt Annemarie Jacir (آن ماري جاسر is a Palestinian filmmaker and poet. Rashid Masharawi, (also "Rashid Mashrawi" film artist born in Gaza in 1962 Mai Masri is a US -educated Palestinian filmmaker who has directed eight films Akram Al-Ashqar أكرم الأشقر (b 1982 is a Palestinian film director photographer and IT professional Montaser Marai (منتصر مرعي is a Palestinian - Jordanian Journalist and Documentary Filmmaker working for Al Jazeera Channel since 2002 Izidore Musallam is a director and most recently produced the Sci Fi Pictures original film: Savage Planet. Rosalind Nashashibi (born 1973 is a British Artist of Palestinian descent Leila Sansour is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Open Bethlehem, a non-governmental foundation established to promote and protect the life and heritage of the city Elia Suleiman (إيليا سليمان born July 28, 1960 in Nazareth) is a Palestinian-Israeli film director and Actor An A-Z list of films produced in Palestine: A Adamah (1947 Al Dhakira al Khasba (1980 Al qods fee yom akhar (2002 Paradise Now ( is a 2005 film directed by Hany Abu-Assad about two Palestinian men preparing for a Suicide attack in Israel (2006 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film winner)
The Color of Olives. The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the awards presented at the Golden Globes, an American film awards ceremony The Color of Olives (لون الزيتون) is a documentary film that captures moments from the lives of a Palestinian family. (2006)
Palestine Post 9/11. (2005)
Iron Wall. The Iron Wall is a 2006 Documentary film about the establishment of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which the film argues (2006)
First Picture. First Picture (2006 is a Documentary film by Akram Al-Ashqar. (2006)
Rana's Wedding. (2002)
Divine Intervention (2002). Divine Intervention (يد إلهية is a 2002 Film by the Israeli Palestinian director Elia Suleiman, which may be described
Cyber Palestine. (1999)
Chronicle of a Disappearance. Chronicle of a Disappearance is a 1996 film by Israeli Arab film director and Actor Elia Suleiman, his first feature film (Best First Film Prize at the 1996 Venice Film Festival)
Born Out of Death. The Venice Film Festival is the oldest Film festival in the world (1981)
Children Nonetheless. (1980)
They Do Not Exist? (1974)
Arna's Children (2003)
News Time (2001)

Notable Film Festivals

References

^ 'We have no film industry because we have no country' April 12, 2006, The Guardian
^ Palestine Film Foundation
^ Palestinian Revolution Cinema Comes to NYC, by Emily Jacir 16 February 2007, The Electronic Intifada

External links

Dreams of a Nation, an independent project founded to provide resources and information on Palestinian cinema. The Electronic Intifada (ei is a not-for-profit independent online publication which covers the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a pro-palestinian perspective "aimed Based at Columbia University, USA. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Review of a film that explores the story of the lost archives of the PLO film unit

History and Trends in Palestinian Filmmaking

Litterature

Dabashi, Hamid, and Said, Edward (preface) (2006): Dreams Of A Nation: On Palestinian Cinema, Verso Books, London, United Kingdom, ISBN 1844670880
Gertz, Nurith; Khleifi, George (2008): Palestinian Cinema: Landscape, Trauma, and Memory, Indiana University Press. Biography Born and raised in southern city of Ahvaz in Iran, Dabashi was educated in Iran and then in the United States where he received a dual Ph Edward Wadie Saïd MRSL ( إدوارد وديع سعيد,; 1 November 1935 &ndash 25 September ISBN 0253220076

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