Annemarie Jacir’s drama “Palestine 36,” which reconstructs the Palestinian revolt against British colonial rule in 1936, has ...

Annemarie Jacir’s historical drama, which will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, tells the story of the Palestinian ...

Annemarie Jacir’s Palestine 36 has been selected as Palestine’s entry to the international feature film Oscar award for 2026.

Palestine 36 has been in the making for years. The film was further delayed when production was halted 10 days before filming was set to begin in 2023, following Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel.

Palestine 36 is produced by Ossama Bawardi for Philistine Films (The Stranger's Case) in Palestine and co-produced by Cat Villiers for Autonomous (The Proposition) and Hani Farsi and Nils Åstrand ...

Written and directed by Jacir, Palestine 36 marks her highly anticipated return to narrative filmmaking, exploring themes of memory, resistance and identity.

1936. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing ...