7 Siblings Productions

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7 Siblings Productions - Stop Motion Animation Studio

The Saleh family transformed their parents’ apartment in Amman into a studio to make films and tell stories. Naturally, stop-motion animation became their primary medium, as it allowed them to combine all the family's diverse talents—writing, directing, photography, fashion, engineering, and handicrafts—into a single artistic form. Their storytelling efforts reached a wide international audience and culminated in winning the first Academy Award in the Arabic region for a foreign animation.


Contact:

Ahmad Saleh

info@ses-studio.com

Amman, Jordan

Al Ard Film Festival

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Al Ard is an Arab film festival held in Italy, sponsored by Associazione Amicizia Sardegna Palestina. Our mission is to shine a light on Palestine and the Arab World in order to overcome prejudice, which often fuels stereotypes and intolerance.

Al Ard has become one of the most popular film festivals focused on the Arab World in Southern Europe—an achievement that is a great source of pride for the organizers, all of whom are dedicated volunteers with Associazione Amicizia Sardegna Palestina.

Contact:

Anna Maria Brancato

annamariabrancato86@hotmail.com

alardfilmfestival@hotmail.com

http://www.alardfilmfestival.com

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Visit our web site www.sardegnapalestina.org

A M Qattan Foundation

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Established in 1993, the A. M. Qattan Foundation is a registered independent charity in the United Kingdom (No. 1029450). Our work in Palestine began in 1998 (registration No. QR-0035-F), and since then, we have remained committed to supporting culture, education, and the arts in Palestine and the wider Arab world.

Our mission is to foster a dynamic and enriching environment for knowledge production, grounded in the values of freedom, open dialogue, and a deep appreciation for science, art, and literature. This vision is firmly rooted in the rich, complex realities of Palestinian and Arab societies.

Today, the Foundation delivers its work through two core programs designed to serve Palestinians globally. We operate through our cultural centers in Ramallah and Gaza, as well as The Mosaic Rooms, our cultural space in the United Kingdom.

Contact:

Diaa Jubeh

Technical & Production Support Officer

d.jubeh@qattanfoundation.org

Ramallan, Palestine

The Danish House in Palestine

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The Danish House in Palestine

The Danish House in Palestine (DHIP) is a non-profit, non-governmental, and politically independent organization dedicated to fostering dialogue and cultural exchange between Danes and Palestinians. Our mission is to strengthen connections and promote mutual respect and understanding between Denmark and Palestine.

Since opening its doors in 2010, DHIP has facilitated a diverse range of initiatives, including Danish-Arabic children’s literature projects, boxing exchanges, photo marathons, investigative journalism courses, street circus performances, and youth theatre programs.


Contact

Jeppe Nybroe

Communication Manager - The Danish House in Palestine (DHIP)

Ramallah - old city

admin@dhip.ps

Tel.: +970 594224401


Red Carpet Human Rights Film Festival, Gaza, Palestine

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Red Carpet Human Rights Film Festival, Gaza, Palestine

The festival presents short and feature-length films, documentaries, and animated films that shed light on local and global humanitarian issues. The first edition took place in May 2015. Amid the rubble of Gaza City’s Shijaiyah district—an area heavily bombarded during the 2014 summer war between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in the densely populated enclave—the organisers rolled out a 60-meter-long red carpet.

It is the first festival in Gaza to focus on human rights issues, featuring films and discussions not only on Palestine but also on other regions around the world.

Contact

Khalil Mozian

klm97@windowslive.com

Gaza, Palestine

Singapore Palestine Film Festival

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Singapore Palestine Film Festival

Founded in 2016, the Singapore Palestine Film Festival (SPFF) is a non-profit initiative that showcases the work of Palestinian filmmakers and artists. The festival aims to provide a meaningful platform for Palestinian voices to share their stories and alternative narratives. It aspires to reflect the evolving diversity of Palestine and to bring together Singapore’s diverse communities in dialogue around film, art, and culture.

Contact

info@theprojector.sg

https://theprojector.sg

6001 Beach Road, #05-00

Golden Mile Tower,

Singapore 199589

The Witness Palestine Film Festival

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The Witness Palestine Film Festival

Since 2012, the Witness Palestine Film Festival has brought Palestinian cinema to our community in Rochester, NY. We invite viewers and activists across Western NY to join us for the 13th edition of the festival, which will take place from November 16th-24th, 2024. After the year of unprecedented suffering we have all witnessed, we know the mission of this festival is more important than ever.

The Witness Palestine Film Festival is a project of Rochester Witness for Palestine (RW4P), which seeks a just peace for the people of Palestine wherever they may be. RW4P's motto "Come and see, go and tell" applies also to the work of WPFF, which aims to provide a space for reflection and discussion, as well as tools for action and change.

The Witness Palestine Film Festival Committee includes activists involved in interfaith and Palestinian solidarity work. As a member organization of the Rochester Committee to End Apartheid, RW4P is dedicated to growing the movement for Palestinian freedom in Rochester, NY, and across the globe.

Contact

https://www.wpff.us/

+1 (585) 428-0575

PO Box 18376

Rochester NY 14614-0376

USA

Ramallah Cinema Club

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Ramallah Cinema Club

An initiative by filmmaker Salim Abu Jabal, in collaboration with the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, where selected alternative films are screened and followed by discussions.

Contact

Salim Abu Jabal

salimabujabal@gmail.com

Ramallah, Palestine

Ramallah Doc

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Ramallah Doc

Established in 2009, Ramallah Doc is organized annually by the A. M. Qattan Foundation, the Consulate General of France in Jerusalem, the Goethe-Institut in Ramallah, and Filmlab: Palestine. It provides a platform for Palestinian documentary filmmakers to pitch their project ideas to a forum of international film producers and television representatives.

Contact:

Mahmoud Abu Hashash

mahmoud@qattanfoundation.org

Ramallan, Palestine

Palestine Film Club

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Palestine Film Club

We are a collective of independent Palestinian professional filmmakers and artists dedicated to promoting and fostering interest in film as a powerful alternative cultural and educational medium in Palestine. The Palestine Film Club is a development and capacity-building initiative, launched by and for Palestinian filmmakers, artists, and film enthusiasts.

Contact:

Muhannad Halawani

Muhannadje@gmail.com

+972 599521220

Palestine

Dar Al Kalima Cinema Club

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Dar Al Kalima Cinema Club

The cinema club screens films from Palestine, the Arab world, and around the world, spanning from contemporary works to early cinema. It began by screening one film per month, each followed by a discussion with a filmmaker—either in person or via Skype—and has since grown to presenting one film per week.

Contact

info@daralkalima.edu.ps

www.daralkalima.edu.ps

00970 2 2757028

P.O.Box. 162, Bethlehem - Palestine

Aanat Films

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Aanat Films

Aanat Films is an independent Palestinian film production company. Founded in Ramallah in April 2010 and currently operating from occupied East Jerusalem, the company has laid the foundation for the development and production of bold, independent Palestinian films and video works. Its projects are created with the aim of reaching international film festivals, as well as galleries and museums.

Contact

Ihab Jadallah

ihabjad@gmail.com

Beit Safafa, Al Safa St, 56, Jerusalem

Jahjooh Cinema

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Jahjooh Cinema

This initiative has produced its first book, The Palestinian Cinema: History and Identity. In addition to this publication, it has developed forty television episodes, each centered on a specific film and its reflections on Palestinian reality. This initiative is considered the first and only comprehensive effort to archive Palestinian cinema—its history, events, filmmakers, stars, and films.

Contact

Mohammad Jahjooh

00970597366888

Ismaiel Jahjooh

00970597252001

jahjouh91@gmail.com

http://www.jahjouh.com

Dar Al Kalima University College

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Dar Al Kalima University College

The Dar Al-Kalima Film Production Program offers a comprehensive curriculum that combines technical training with aesthetic, historical, commercial, and theoretical knowledge relevant to contemporary filmmaking. Our approach encourages students to explore innovative forms of self-expression through the audiovisual medium. Guided by experienced cineasts and scholars, students engage with professional digital technologies and have the opportunity to specialize in areas such as cinematography, sound, editing, or filmmaking—across fiction, documentary, experimental, and video art formats.

Contact

00970 2 2757028

info@daralkalima.edu.ps

www.daralkalima.edu.ps


P.O.Box. 162, Bethlehem - Palestine

Toronto Palestine Film Festival

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Toronto Palestine Film Festival

The Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) is an annual, volunteer-run, non-profit cultural event that celebrates Palestinian cinema, art, and storytelling. Founded in 2008, TPFF presents a dynamic and thought-provoking program each fall in Toronto, featuring award-winning films, documentaries, shorts, and experimental works by Palestinian filmmakers from around the world.

More than just a film festival, TPFF is a multidisciplinary platform that includes music performances, art exhibitions, culinary events, and engaging panel discussions. It aims to amplify Palestinian voices and narratives, foster cross-cultural dialogue, and build community through the arts. By showcasing the richness and complexity of Palestinian life and identity, TPFF invites audiences to experience Palestine beyond the headlines.

TPFF accepts films of all lengths and genres made by Palestinian filmmakers, as well as by non-Palestinian filmmakers whose work relates to Palestine. There are no application fees.

Contact:

info@tpff.ca

tpff.submissions@gmail.com

www.tpff.ca

@topalestinefilmfestival

Toronto, Canada

Reel Palestine

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Reel Palestine

Reel Palestine is a pop-up film festival showcasing a selection of alternative Palestinian films in the UAE. The non-profit, volunteer-based organization was established in Dubai in 2014 and launched its first festival in January 2015 across the UAE. Its purpose is to present Palestinian culture and resilience through film, immersing viewers in the beautiful, difficult, emotional, and inspirational moments that unfold under occupation.

Contact:

info@reelpalestine.org

www.reelpalestine.org

Dubai, UAE

Rencontres Cinématographiques Palestine: Filmer C’est Exister

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Rencontres Cinématographiques Palestine: Filmer C’est Exister

Rencontres Cinématographiques Palestine, Filmer C’est Exister–PFC’E (Cinematographic Encounters Palestine, To Film Is To Exist) has been held annually in Geneva since 2012. Each year, around November 29—the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People—PFC’E presents a selection of short and feature-length films by Palestinian filmmakers, curated around one or more central themes. The festival aims to introduce audiences in French-speaking Switzerland to the daily realities of the Palestinian people and to foster dialogue on the social, economic, political, and cultural issues surrounding resistance, occupation, colonization, and exile—through the lens of Palestinian filmmakers, wherever they reside.

Each edition features the presence of five Palestinian filmmakers in Geneva.

Contact

Céline Brun Nassereddine

info@palestine-fce.ch

+41 (0)76 822 46 86

www.palestine-fce.ch

Rue des Savoises 15

1205

Genève

Athens Palestine Film Festival (APFF)

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Athens Palestine Film Festival (APFF)

Organized by Dounias NGO, the Athens Palestine Film Festival (APFF) brings films, stories, and culture from Palestine to audiences in Greece. The festival presents a thoughtful selection of works—from documentaries and fiction features to important films by both established and emerging Palestinian filmmakers. Ranging from rare early pieces to bold contemporary creations, these films offer honest, independent perspectives on Palestine’s history, culture, and the lives of its people around the world.

Contact

media@athenspalestinefilmfestival.org

https://www.athenspalestinefilmfestival.org/

https://www.instagram.com/athenspalestinefilmfestival/

Palestinian Film Festival Amsterdam (PFFA)

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Palestinian Film Festival Amsterdam (PFFA)

Founded in 2015, the Palestinian Film Festival Amsterdam began as a grassroots initiative in response to the exclusion of indigenous Palestinian directors from film programs in the Netherlands. It was originally launched as a protest against the dominance of Western filmmakers in Palestinian film festivals, which limited opportunities for seasoned Palestinian directors to share their work and authentic perspectives.

In response, PFFA envisioned an inclusive platform to showcase a wide range of genres—including drama features, shorts, animations, and documentaries—created by both established and emerging Palestinian filmmakers. The festival has grown from a grassroots action into a professional organization committed to inclusivity, diversity, and the continuous exploration of Palestinian cinematic narratives.

As the only Palestinian film festival in the Benelux region, PFFA draws audiences from metropolitan areas across the region and continues to amplify the voices of Palestinian filmmakers.

Contact:

palfilmfestadam@gmail.com

https://www.thepffa.nl/

https://www.instagram.com/pffa.nl/