Watermelon Staff Picks

Curated selections our team can’t stop thinking about: visionary, daring, unforgettable.

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  • Alam

    A teen living in the Galilee agrees to take part in a defiant protest to impress a new classmate. Featuring Shabmouri and Dabbour of BLTNM.

  • Divine Intervention

    In this award-winning comedy by Elia Suleiman set in his hometown of Nazareth, a Palestinian couple arranges clandestine meetings as love blossoms despite checkpoints.

  • Farha

    As the 1948 Nakba unfolds, a Palestinian girl's dreams of a city education vanish when she hides in a cellar for safety, glimpsing her village's destruction through the cracks.

  • 3000 Nights

    Unjustly incarcerated in an Israeli high-security prison, a Palestinian newlywed discovers she's pregnant and fights to protect her child. Based on real events.

  • From Ground Zero

    Shortlisted for an Oscar, this documentary features shorts by 22 Palestinian filmmakers in Gaza, capturing resilience and creativity amid the genocide and devastation.

  • The Encampments

    When a group of students launch a movement protesting genocide, they spark a nationwide uprising in solidarity with the people of Gaza.

  • Exception

    When a leaked video of his lecture goes viral, a Palestinian professor faces a difficult choice.

  • Pomegranates and Myrrh

    After her husband is detained by the occupation, a distraught newlywed in Ramallah is left to manage the family olive farm and soon finds solace in Dabke— and a fellow dancer.

  • 200 Meters

    The apartheid wall exiles a Palestinian father from his family. When denied entry on a technicality at a checkpoint, he risks everything to reach his injured son.

  • Omar

    In this Oscar-nominated film, a baker in pursuit of his sweetheart gets framed for the death of an Occupation soldier, forcing him to make difficult decisions.

  • Life Is Beautiful: A Letter to Gaza

    Exiled in Norway, Palestinian filmmaker Mohamed Jabaly fights a bureaucratic immigration system by telling heartfelt stories from his hometown of Gaza, channeling creativity and support from friends despite his statelessness.

  • The Teacher

    A grieving schoolteacher takes a troubled student under his wing with the help of a British social worker. Their lives become entangled in a delicate web of resistance and betrayal.

  • Israelism

    Two young American Jews visit occupied Palestine to understand the impact of Zionism. What they witness challenges their worldview, pushing them to join a growing movement to stand for liberation.

  • Boycott

    When a news publisher, an attorney and a speech therapist in the United States face losing their jobs over anti-boycott laws, they launch a pivotal First Amendment legal battle.

  • The Wanted 18

    Animation and interviews retell a Palestinian dairy farm's darkly-comedic resistance in the First Intifada after its 18 cows were deemed a "security threat" by the occupation.

  • Born in Gaza

    This moving documentary examines the 2014 Israeli attack on Gaza by following the stories of ten Palestinian children amid the harrowing devastation.

  • Like Twenty Impossibles

    When a Palestinian film crew on their way to Jerusalem gets stopped at a checkpoint, they leave their cameras rolling to capture what happens next.

  • Budrus

    A Palestinian village in the West Bank comes together with allies to stand against the planned expansion of the Israeli apartheid wall.

  • Walled Off

    This documentary explores the Palestinian fight for freedom through creative resistance, featuring a secret museum by the apartheid wall, revealed to be a Banksy creation.

  • The Promise

    A Palestinian man sets out to climb Everest, fulfilling a promise made to his father on his deathbed— a secret pledge that holds the key to his destiny.