Welcome to the Boston Palestine Film Festival!

The 18th Annual BPFF is returning this fall from October 18-27 with a fully in-person program.
We’re so excited to reconnect with our community and audiences with another season of powerful films.

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BPFF showcases the diverse and creative work of all filmmakers exploring both historic and contemporary themes related to Palestinian culture, experience, and narrative.

FESTIVAL

2024 Program

BPFF showcases the diverse and creative work of all filmmakers exploring both historic and contemporary themes related to Palestinian culture, experience, and narrative.

For over 17 years BPFF has been showcasing the extraordinary narrative and culture of Palestinians through cinema and art

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BPFF is 100% volunteer run, learn more about supporting the fest and sponsorship opportunities

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Farah Nabulsi: “I wanted to explore the human dynamics, emotions and experiences that drive someone to make the choices they make, under conditions such as an Occupation.”

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The Teacher by director Farah Nabulsi The BPFF’s opening screening this year is The Teacher, a film about a Palestinian school teacher (Saleh Bakri) who struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students (Muhammad Abed El Rahman) and the chance of a new relationship with…

“Imagination is a basic human right because one thing the occupation can never take from you is your ability to imagine.” Q&A with Rami Younis & Sarah Friedland

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In 2015, American Sarah Friedland read an article about the 1948 Nakba in the city of Lyd, Palestine. It so moved her that she decided to research the city in more depth. Through a mutual friend she heard about the Palestinian journalist Rami Younis. Being from Lyd and interested in filmmaking, Rami agreed to meet…

Muayad Alayan: “Whether we lose a home or a loved one, we feel broken, and some pieces of us seem to stay behind in the past.”

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Film director and producer Muayad Alayan is a Palestinian based in Jerusalem whose award-winning work has been seen by audiences all over the world. His latest film, A House In Jerusalem, will be screened at BPFF 2023. It is about a Jewish girl from the UK, played by Miley Locke, the young star of BBC…

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