UPDATED REFLECTIONS ON CONTEMPORARY PALESTINIAN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
11:00 - 12:00 Thursday 19th Mar 2026 / 60 min
Like all identities, Palestinian identity and the way it manifests itself in film is not monolithic. Palestinians are not only divided through occupation, ethnic cleansing and displacement, but also living across the world in contexts of migration, cultural hybridity and, in some cases, estrangement.
This conversation, involving several Palestinian filmmakers with documentary projects currently in development, will seek to understand how their different approaches to historic Palestine and its people can create impact and empathy both for Palestinian viewers and other audiences. Newer projects question the role that the filmic medium can play in healing trauma, in catalysing change in audience perceptions of the occupation, and in acting as a repository for Palestinian artistic history, thereby becoming a form of cultural resistance in the struggle against artistic erasure.



