Palestine 36

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Sunday, April 12, 2026

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Dir: Annemarie Jacir, Palestine/UK/France, 2025, Drama/History.
Hiam Abbass, Kamel El Basha, Jeremy Irons, Yasmine Al Massri.
In Arabic and English with English subtitles
Best Film Winner at the São Paulo and Tokyo International Film Festivals.
"Palestine 36 (Palestine’s official selection for this year’s Oscars)… Explores the thorny history of the British Mandate for Palestine, in which diplomats working for the British Empire sought to solve the rising antisemitism and expulsion of Jewish people in Europe by offering those settlers Palestinian land... [It] follows many interconnected characters from all walks of life living in Jerusalem and its surrounding villages as they live through the immense changes that took place in 1936... Woven together like traditional Palestinian embroidery to paint a larger portrait, their stories are intertwined with archival footage of ordinary life in Jerusalem at the time, from busy marketplaces, to lush fields, to the picturesque seascapes, which offer a brief glimpse into the country’s vibrant past... Jacir’s film may be brimming with facts and historical allusions that add context to the on-going violence in the region, but it's a humanist film at its heart, remaining deeply rooted in the lives of its characters, their relationships with their community, their love for their people, and their enduring connection to their ancestral land." - Marya E. Gates, RogerEbert.com

Runtime: 119 min

Rating: PG