Chicago Palestine Film Festival

An impressionistic piece assembled from footage of everyday Palestinian life: families must surmount an enormous concrete barrier; an old woman is harassed on her land by soldiers. The home-movie style of the film lends it a deceptively nostalgic beauty. London Palestine Film Festival 2008, Hot Docs, Toronto 2008, Houston Palestine Film Festival 2008, Winner of Best Documentary at Festival 50º / 104º, 2007 Regina, Saskatchewan.

An artistic interpretation of the late Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish’s, poem “Intensive care unit.” The film uses photomontage with abstract black and white cinematic scenes shot by youth in the Shufat refugee camp, to express the deeper meaning of this heartfelt poem. The poem, spoken by a man and a young girl, is recorded in a small studio in the camp. The film being produced merely 2 weeks after the death of Darwish holds a special meaning for the youth and audiences today.

The Sons Of Eilaboun (أبناء عيلبون) is a documentary film about the massacre, expulsion and return of a small Palestinian village in the Galilee. In the film the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe introduce the history behind the Nakba events. And the Eilaboun (Eilabun) people tell their story.

A touching glimpse at the experience of a very young Palestinian boy just after he is removed from the Israeli penal system. His family and others try to reassure him during his first taste of the “free” world, yet he can’t help but miss the place where he was born, the place where his mother remains: her prison cell.

A gripping portrait of women, whose lives were dictated by a moral code, Maria's Grotto is a painfully true film about the issue of honor killings in Palestine. Khoury explores the issue through the stories of four women:

The Zoo is a unique look at the daily scramble of life in the West Bank town of Qalqiliya through the eyes of Palestine’s one and only zookeeper-veterinarian-taxidermist, Dr Sami Khader. Just 15 kilometers from the outskirts of Tel Aviv and surrounded by Jewish settlements, Qalqiliya is completely fenced off from the rest of the world by Israel’s new security wall. Like the town itself, the zoo has been hit hard by Israeli army raids and suffered further losses when its zebras succumbed to tear gas during a demonstration at a neighbouring high school.

Taste The Revolution is a personal family story about two brothers who returned to Palestine after living in the US for 30 years to fulfill their father's dream of establishing a business. Together, the brothers invest their education, experience, knowledge and family money to open the first micro brewery in the entire Middle East right after Oslo agreement of the peace process between the Palestinians and the Israelis. Despite the hardship and constant obstacles of the unpredictable life in Palestine, Nadim and his brother Dahoud Khoury's success has given hope to others.

Be Quiet follows the story of a young boy and his father on their journey home to the city of Nazareth. What should be a simple car trip is beset by politically charged tension and a militarized reality — each of which serves as a foil to enhance the struggle of a complacent father raising a strong willed son.  

Young Freud In Gaza profiles Ayed, a young psychotherapist for the Palestinian Authority's Clinic for Mental Health.  The film chronicles his consultations with a variety of patients, both male and female, adults and children, who suffer from depression, stress, anxiety attacks and suicidal tendencies.

Three’s a crowd, especially in bed, in the romantic comedy Arafat & I.