Palestinian Territories, United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan
- 2025
Estreno nacional
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 unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain’s 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.
Annemarie Jacir
She has written, directed and produced over sixteen films, premiered in Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Locarno, Rotterdam and Toronto. Her three first feature films were selected as Palestine’s official Oscar Entry. Her short film ‘Like Twenty Impossibles’ (2003) was the first Arab short film in history to be selected in Cannes and continued to break ground as a finalist for the Academy Awards. In 2007, she shot the first feature film by a Palestinian female director, ‘Salt of thisSea, selected at Cannes and Valladolid (Punto de Encuentro), and awarded fifteen prizes. Her second feature ‘When I Saw You’ (2012) won Best Asian Film at the Berlinale and garnered a nomination at the Asian Pacific Screen Awards. ‘Wajib’ (2017) won 36 international awards. In 2022, she directed for the groundbreaking Hulu hit series ‘Ramy’ and in 2025 she premiered ‘Palestine 36’ in TIFF. Founder of Philistine Films, in 2019, New York’s prestigious BAM art center held the first retrospective of her work.
DIRECTOR
Annemarie Jacir
SCREENPLAY
Annemarie Jacir
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hélène Louvart, Sarah Blum, Tim Fleming
EDITOR
Tania Reddin
SOUND
Rawad Hobeika, Bruno Tarriere, Samuel Mittelman
MUSIC
Ben Frost
PRODUCTION
Ossama Bawardi, Cat Villiers, Azzam Fakhreddin, Hani Farsi, Nils Åstrand, Olivier Barbier, Nathanaël Karmitz, Katrin Pors, Hamza Ali, Elisa Fernanda Pirir
