We celebrate the award-winning films of our 23rd annual festival with this special presentation: Spirit of Palestine Film Festival Award winner SAMIA HALABY: A VIDEO PORTRAIT (2022, dir. Munir Atalla, 7 min.); Best Narrative Short winner AN ORANGE FROM JAFFA (pictured, 2023, dir. Mohammed Almughanni, 27 min.); Best Documentary Short winner RESISTANCE CLIMBING (2023, dirs. Nick Rosen, Zachary Barr, USA, Palestine, 37 min.).

Program followed by a video interview with Mohammed Almughanni. 

SAMIA HALABY: A VIDEO PORTRAIT

2022, dir. Munir Atalla, 7 min.

A portrait of the abstract painter Samia Halaby.

AN ORANGE FROM JAFFA

2023, dir. Mohammed Almughanni, 27 min.

Mohammed, a young Palestinian, is desperately looking for a taxi to take him through an Israeli checkpoint. The driver, Farouk, discovers that Mohammed has already failed to cross the checkpoint. Trouble begins.

RESISTANCE CLIMBING

2023, dirs. Nick Rosen & Zachary Barr
USA + Palestine, 37 min.
In English + Arabic with English subtitles

In the strife-torn hills of Palestine, a diverse crew of Bedouins and urban professionals embrace climbing as a much-needed respite from the burdens of the Israeli occupation. American writer & climber Andrew Bisharat visits the West Bank to explore his own roots and the transformational power of climbing as resistance.