Palestine
Film Series 2026
Latchis Theatre
Brattleboro, VT
Admission by donation
Masking requested
April 12, 19, 26 & May 3
Sundays
4 pm
Palestine
Latchis Theatre
Brattleboro, VT
Admission by donation
Masking requested
April 12, 19, 26 & May 3
Sundays
4 pm
Welcome to the 3rd Annual Palestine Film Festival!
We are pleased to present compelling, high-quality films about Palestinian culture, history, current issues, and resistance. Audiences are invited to stay for moderated conversations after the films.
April 12 - Palestine 36
Oscar-shortlisted feature
(2025) - 118 min.
Filmmaker: Annemarie Jacir
In 1936, as the British Empire tightens its grip on Palestine, Yusuf is caught between his home village and his work in Jerusalem. Set during an anti-colonial revolt as Jewish refugees flee persecution in Europe, all the forces converge in a decisive moment.
April 19 - Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
Best Documentary Feature at Arab Film Festival 2025
(2025) - 110 min.
Director: Sepideh Farsi
A film based on video calls between Farsi and Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona from April 2024 until April 2025 when a targeted missile strike killed Hassona and her family in North Gaza. The strike occurred a day after Farsi learned that the film was selected to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
April 26 - The Voice of Hind Rajab
(2025) - 89 min
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania
On Jan. 29, 2024, Palestinian Red Crescent volunteers in Ramallah responded to a call from a 5-year-old girl who, trapped in a car in Gaza, pleaded to be rescued. The Israeli military had just killed family members in the car. While trying to keep her on the line, they do what they can to get an ambulance to her in time.
Portrait of Hind by Shepard Fairey
May 3 - A double feature
Aisha's Story (2025) 62 min
Director: Elizabeth Vibert
Aisha Azzam and her husband set up a grain mill in Baqa’a refugee camp, Jordan, 35 years ago. Close-up, we observe the family harvesting, milling, cooking, and feasting. Aisha’s story intimately captures the displacement, culture, traditions and resistance that define Palestinian lives for generations.
Exception (2023) - 32 min
Director: Rodrigue Hammal
When a leaked video of a professor’s comment about Israel being an apartheid state goes viral, Zionists accuse him of antisemitism, and he is faced with a difficult choice. The film explores the personal costs of staying true to one’s identity while challenging racism and upholding academic freedom.
"We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians."
-- Nelson Mandela (1997)