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The film also captures the budding, sometimes tense, friendship between Adra, a law school graduate and activist, and Abraham, a journalist. “This situation of apartheid between us,” said Abraham in the Berlinale speech,
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Venice: Gaza Protests Hit Lido as Activists Unveil “Free Palestine” Banner in Front of Red Carpet
Activists expect "hundreds" to demonstrate on Saturday, demanding the Venice film festival take a public stand supporting the Palestinian people and opposing the actions of the Israeli military in Gaza.
Mendocino for Palestine, a nonprofit advocacy group, will hold a free screening of "The Encampments" on Friday at the Valerie event space in Mendocino. The film documents Palestinian
Annemarie Jacir’s drama “Palestine 36,” which reconstructs the Palestinian revolt against British colonial rule in 1936, has been picked as Palestine’s official entry for Palestine for the Oscars’ international feature film race.
Hamza Ali, co-founder of Watermelon Pictures, said, "We're honored to present ‘Palestine 36,' a historic gift of a film with an incredible, star-studded cast. Annemarie Jacir has created a sweeping epic masterpiece that helps us better understand our past and the role it played in how we arrived at the moment we're in today."
Annemarie Jacir’s historical drama, which will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, tells the story of the Palestinian revolt against British colonial rule.
Palestine’s official submission to the 2026 Oscars — has been acquired for North America. Watermelon Pictures has acquired distribution rights to the film, set to have it world premiere in Toronto, where it will become the first Arab film to feature in the festival’s gala section.
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Hundreds Of Italian Cinema Industry Professionals Pressure Venice Film Festival Over Gaza Crisis
United Nations-backed global hunger monitor the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) announced this week that 500,000 people in the Gaza Strip are officially facing “a man-made” famine in the territory, with at least 132,000 children under five-years-old expected to suffer from acute malnutrition.
An Israeli settler shot dead a Palestinian teacher who helped film Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, according to the Palestinian education ministry and an Israeli-American activist who was at the scene of the shooting.
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