Women Behind the Lens

Women Behind the Lens

Celebrating Palestinian women filmmakers and the stories they bring to light.

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Women Behind the Lens
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Gaza Fights for Freedom

    Filmed during the height of the Great March of Return protests of 2018, this debut feature by Abby Martin and Palestinian journalists captures Gaza's history and ongoing struggle.

  • 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.

  • When I Saw You

    Living in a Palestinian refugee camp with his mother in 1967, a young boy decides to return to his homeland on his own.

  • 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.

  • Naila and the Uprising

    Amidst the First Intifada, Naila, a Palestinian from Gaza, joins a clandestine network of women fighting for self-determination while navigating love, family and freedom.

  • Children of Shatila

    In Beirut's Shatila refugee camp, two streetwise kids document stories of loss and resilience 50 years after their grandparents' exile from Palestine.

  • Eyes of a Thief

    At the height of the Second Intifada, a Palestinian man is arrested. A decade later, he returns to Nablus to search for his daughter, confronting secrets from his past.

  • 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.

  • Women in Struggle

    Formerly imprisoned by the occupation, four Palestinian women including Rasmea Odeh share their experiences in detention and discuss the lasting impact on their present lives and future outlooks.