West Bank Chronicles

West Bank Chronicles

Life, love, and resistance in the shadow of occupation.

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West Bank Chronicles
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The Present

    A father and his daughter set out to buy his wife a gift on their wedding anniversary, but are soon confronted by a military checkpoint.

  • 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.

  • Where Olive Trees Weep

    A film about the struggles and resilience of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Chronicle of a Disappearance

    After years in New York, Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman returns to document his off-beat wanderings through Palestine in this political satire, capturing the absurdities and challenges of life under occupation.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The Color of Olives

    This pensive documentary chronicles the daily life of a Palestinian family whose home lies in the path of the apartheid wall, enduring electrified fences, barriers and segregation.