Submissions for 2019 are now open.
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BPFF proudly presents an evening of exceptional Palestinian music at the Berklee Performance Center March 9, 2019.
read moreAn evening of true and compelling stories told by Palestinians at OBERON February 17, 2019.
read moreThe Boston Palestine Film Festival has announced the winners of its 2018 Audience Awards.
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Filmmaker Christy Garland shared the back story of how she spent five years chronicling the coming-of-age story of feisty Walaa Tanji in the Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus.
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We spoke with Rakan Mayasi about his awardwinning drama short, Bonboné, which tactfully explores the challenges faced by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who wish to conceive children with their spouses who are outside.
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We spoke with Palestinian filmmaker Azza El-Hassan to learn more about her quest to retrieve the lost/confiscated Palestinian narrative and visual history and her work on restoring films from the revolutionary era.
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We spoke to Erika Cohn, director of The Judge, a film that introduces us to the vibrance of Kholoud Faqih, the first female Shari’a judge in the Middle East.
read moreThanks to your phenomenal excitement and interest in our Opening Film, tonight’s screening is now SOLD OUT.
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We contacted Muayad Alayan, director of The Reports on Sarah and Saleem, to get his take on the film’s origins and impact.
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This year’s Opening Night After Party features live music and, just possibly, some dabkeh.
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A different entrance will be used this year to enter the Museum.
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read moreBPFF is pleased to co-present Annemarie Jacir’s Wajib at the Coolidge Corner Theatre August 28.
read moreFor the third year, BPFF is proud to partner with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to present a survey of the very best contemporary films from the Arab region of North Africa and the Middle East.
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