Here you will find a chronological list of all past events which we have organised outside of the Film Festival
Sunday 4th December, 2022
Eye Witness – singing, film and cake
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Love and Resistance in the Films of Mai Masri
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What Walaa Wants
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: online
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Salt of This Sea
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Jews Step Forward – Panel Discussion
Venue: online →MoreSaturday 21st November, 2020
Conversation About Annemarie Jacir
Venue: online →MoreSunday 15th November, 2020
Interview with Annemarie Jacir
Venue: online →MoreSaturday 14th November to Saturday 28th November, 2020
Gaza, One Football, One Leg
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onlineGame on for Gaza’s young amputee footballers
→MoreSaturday 14th November to Saturday 28th November, 2020
Palestine Underground / Made in Palestine / Colors of Resistance
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online →MoreSaturday 14th November to Saturday 28th November, 2020
When I Saw You
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onlineWarm, heartfelt drama, a story of the human spirit that knows no borders.
→MoreSaturday 14th November to Saturday 28th November, 2020
Wajib
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onlineCompelling comedy-drama of a father and son delivering wedding invitations
→MoreSaturday 14th November to Saturday 28th November, 2020
The Sunbird
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A tender documentary about a creative act of dissent, a story of hope and peaceful resistance
→MoreSaturday 14th November to Saturday 28th November, 2020
Jews Step Forward
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onlineTwenty-four powerful voices from the American Jewish community describe their personal journeys
→MoreSaturday 14th November to Saturday 28th November, 2020
Samouni Street (for adults)
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onlineFour kids, one family, war on Gaza
→MoreSaturday 14th November, 2020
Through The Eyes Of Others – Launch Event
Venue: online →MoreSaturday 14th November to Saturday 28th November, 2020
Roadmap to Apartheid
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onlineA close look at why many Palestinians feel they are living in an apartheid system
→MoreSaturday 14th November to Saturday 28th November, 2020
Naila and the Uprising
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onlineBrings out of anonymity the courageous women activists who have remained on the margins of history – until now
→MoreSaturday 14th November to Saturday 28th November, 2020
The Tower (for all ages)
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onlineA young girl in a refugee camp learns about her family history through stories told by 3 generations
→MoreSaturday 14th November to Saturday 28th November, 2020
Hakawati, the Last Storytellers
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onlineA 65-year-old couple of puppeteers set off on their last tour between Israel and Palestine
→MoreFriday 13th March, 2020
Palestinian Women – Creative & Courageous
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Venue: Heart, Bennett Road, LS6 3HN
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‘Wall’ New Year 2020
Time: 5:00 pm
Venue: Woodhouse Community Centre, 197 Woodhouse Street, LS6 2NY
Leeds Palestinian Film Festival are pleased to bring you this free repeat screening of ‘Wall’
→MoreTuesday 10th December, 2019
In Between
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Heart, Bennett Road, LS6 3HN
Three Palestinian women share a flat in Tel Aviv, each fighting their own battles to free themselves from the rule-bound Arab world and the inequality of Israeli society.
→MoreFriday 6th December, 2019
Soufra: Film & Food Night
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Woodhouse Community Centre, 197 Woodhouse Street, LS6 2NY
Against all odds, Mariam Shaar built a food truck catering business from the confines of a refugee camp in Lebanon, supported and run by Palestinian, Syrian, Iraqi and Lebanese women.
→MoreWednesday 4th December, 2019
Beyond the frontlines
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Rosebowl, Leeds Beckett University, Portland Way, Leeds LS1 3HB
A documentary that takes us on a journey both within our own minds and on the roads of Palestine, led by Palestinian psychiatrist and writer Dr. Samah Jabr.
→MoreTuesday 3rd December, 2019
Gaza
Time: 6:15 pm
Venue: Hyde Park Picture House, 73 Brudenell Rd, LS6 1JD
Just released and beautifully shot, this film captures how ordinary people find meaning behind the conflict in this small strip of land that borders the Mediterranean Sea.
→MoreSunday 1st December, 2019
Advocate
Time: 5:30 pm
Venue: Pyramid Theatre, Leeds University Union, 2 Lifton Place, LS2 9JZ
A documentary portrait of Israeli human rights lawyer, Leah Tsemel, that gets absorbingly up close as it highlights her perspective that the Israeli legal system is ‘rigged’ against Palestinians she defends.
→MoreWednesday 27th November, 2019
Jeremy Hardy v The Israeli Army
Time: 7:45 pm
Venue: Otley Courthouse, Courthouse Street, Otley, LS21 3AN
Stand-up comedian Jeremy Hardy travels to the occupied West Bank and experiences the brutality of the Israeli military.
→MoreMonday 25th November, 2019
Wall
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Seven Artspace, 31A Harrogate Rd, LS7 3PD
A compelling animated documentary that follows Sir David Hare’s journey to Palestine/Israel. David Hare will join us for a Q & A.
→MoreFriday 22nd November, 2019
Voices Across the Divide
Time: 5:15 pm
Venue: Wheeler Hall, at the back of St. Anne’s Cathedral, LS2 8BE
The personal journey of an American Jew raised on the dream of a Jewish homeland in Israel, as she explores the Palestinian experience of loss, occupation, statelessness, and immigration to the US.
→MoreWednesday 20th November, 2019
It Must Be Heaven
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Hyde Park Picture House, 73 Brudenell Rd, LS6 1JD
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It Must Be Heaven
Time: 8:30 pm
Venue: Hyde Park Picture House, 73 Brudenell Rd, LS6 1JD
Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine.
→MoreSunday 17th November, 2019
Laughing for Palestine
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Seven Artspace, 31A Harrogate Rd, LS7 3PD
→MoreMonday 4th November, 2019
Ambulance
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Everyman Leeds
While many young people dream of leaving Gaza, Mohamed Jabaly, 24, wants to help. He aspires to make films, despite the lack of water and electricity, and closed borders that are part of “normal” everyday life under the seven-year Israeli blockade of Gaza.
→MoreMonday 23rd September, 2019
Scalarama Screening of Colors of Resistance
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen, Cross Belgrave Street, LS2 8JP
→MoreSunday 10th March, 2019
Naila and the Uprising
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Quaker Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane, LS2 9DX
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Stitching Palestine
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Quaker Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane, LS2 9DX
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Stitching Workshop, Display & Talk
Time: 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Venue: Quaker Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane, LS2 9DX
→MoreTuesday 11th December, 2018
Disturbing the Peace
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Heart, Bennett Road, LS6 3HN
‘Disturbing the Peace’ follows former enemy combatants – Israeli soldiers from elite units and Palestinian fighters, many of whom served years in prison – who have joined together to challenge the status quo and say “enough”.
→MoreSaturday 8th December, 2018
Naila and the Uprising
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Carriageworks, Leeds Millennium Square, LS2 3AD
Women are at the forefront when an uprising breaks out in 1987. Naila, an iron-willed young Palestinian woman in Gaza, promotes non-violent struggle and must make a choice between love, family and freedom.
→MoreTuesday 4th December, 2018
Around the Wall plus Shireen of al-Walaja
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Wharf Chambers, 23-25 Wharf St, LS2 7EQ
The latest visit of a UK women’s football team – including Leeds Republica FC players – to the West Bank. They talk to Palestinian women about the obstacles they face to play football and bring us up to date news of life and the discrimination faced under occupation.
→MoreSunday 2nd December, 2018
Killing Gaza
Time: 5:30 pm
Venue: Pyramid Theatre, Leeds University Union, 2 Lifton Place, LS2 9JZ
Killing Gaza chronicles the crushing toll of Israel’s 2014 war on Gaza giving an unflinching and moving portrait of a people largely abandoned by the outside world.
→MoreMonday 26th November, 2018
Stitching Palestine
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Seven Artspace, 31A Harrogate Rd, LS7 3PD
Palestinian women from different walks of life share their moving life stories, all connected by the enduring thread of the ancient art of embroidery.
→MoreSaturday 24th November, 2018
Road Map to Apartheid
Time: 5:00 pm
Venue: Carriageworks, Leeds Millennium Square, LS2 3AD
‘Roadmap to Apartheid’ is as much a historical document of the rise and fall of apartheid in South Africa – as it is a film about why many Palestinians feel they are living in an apartheid system today
→MoreThursday 22nd November, 2018
1948: Creation & Catastrophe
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Business School Western Lecture Theatre, 128, Belle Vue Road, LS3 1HF
Through riveting and moving personal recollections of both Palestinians and Israelis, this film tells the story of the establishment of Israel as seen through the eyes of the people who lived it.
→MoreTuesday 20th November, 2018
Wajib
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Hyde Park Picture House, 73 Brudenell Rd, Leeds LS6 1JD
A father and his estranged son must come together to hand deliver his daughter’s wedding invitations to each guest as per local Palestinian custom
→MoreThursday 15th November, 2018
Firefighters under Occupation
Time: 7:45 pm
Venue: Otley Courthouse, Courthouse Street, Otley, LS21 3AN
Firefighters under Occupation gives a unique insight into the life of firefighters in the world’s longest running military occupation.
→MoreSunday 11th November, 2018
The Reports of Sarah and Saleem
Time: 3:30 pm
Venue: Vue Leeds, No. 22, The Light, The Headrow, LS1 8TL
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The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
Time: 10:30 am
Venue: Vue Leeds, No. 22, The Light, The Headrow, LS1 8TL
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The Reports of Sarah and Saleem
Time: 3:30 pm
Venue: Vue Leeds, No. 22, The Light, The Headrow, LS1 8TL
Sarah, an Israeli, runs a café in West Jerusalem. Saleem is Palestinian from East Jerusalem and works as a deliveryman. Despite being worlds apart, Sarah and Saleem risk everything as they embark on an illicit affair that could tear apart their unsuspecting respective families.
→MoreSunday 30th September, 2018
Scalarama Screening of ‘The Wanted 18’
Time: 3:00 pm
Venue: Woodhouse Community Centre, 197 Woodhouse Street, LS6 2NY
→MoreSunday 5th August, 2018
100 Years of Suffrage – Screening of “Shireen of al-Walaja”
Time: 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Venue: Aire Place Studios
A pedal powered screening of ‘Shireen of al-Walaja’.
→MoreSaturday 3rd March, 2018
International Women’s Day 2018
Venue:Find out more about International Women’s Day events 3-10 March 2018
→MoreSaturday 9th December, 2017
Film Maker as Activist – an afternoon of short films and discussion with Jon Pullman
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: Blackwells Bookshop, 21 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9HJ
In a period of such catastrophic human displacement in the Middle East, few people realise that the largest single refugee population in the world remains that of the Palestinians, ejected from their lands in 1948. This film shows how these long-term dispossessed and stateless people a largely forgotten reality.
Friday 8th December, 2017
Existence is Resistance
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Inkwell Arts, 31 Potternewton Lane, LS7 3LW
Join us for an evening of film and conversation on the theme of ‘Sumud’ – literally ‘steadfastness’ – with three short films and a photographic exhibition of Sumud posters from the Separation Wall in Bethlehem.
→MoreSaturday 2nd December, 2017
The Occupation of the American Mind
Time: 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Venue: https://www.carriageworkstheatre.co.uk/
The Occupation of the American Mind takes an eye-opening look at this critical exception, focusing on pro-Israel public relations efforts within the U.S. Narrated by Roger Waters, lead singer of rock band Pink Floyd.
→MoreSaturday 2nd December, 2017
Balls, Barriers & Bulldozers – film & talk
Time: 1:00 pm
Venue: The Red Shed, 18 Vicarage Street, Wakefield, WF1 1QX
Balls, Barriers & Bulldozers is a documentary film about a women’s football tour to the West Bank in 2014. The tour aimed to build solidarity with women footballers in Palestine and for the UK teams (including Leeds based Republica women’s team) to learn about life under occupation.
→MoreThursday 30th November, 2017
The Idol
Time: 7:45 pm
Venue: Otley Courthouse
The Idol is a moving, defiantly uplifting biopic of Muhammad Assaf, the Gazan wedding singer who became a worldwide TV sensation in 2013.
→MoreSunday 26th November, 2017
The Time that Remains
Time: 3:30 pm
Venue: Hyde Park Picture House, 73 Brudenell Rd, Leeds LS6 1JD
‘The Time That Remains’ is a semi-biographical drama written and directed by Palestinian director Elia Suleiman in 2009. It gives an account of the creation of the Israeli state from 1948 to the present by following strands of his and his father’s lives.
→MoreFriday 24th November, 2017
Firefighters Under Occupation – film, food and talk night
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: The Old Fire Station, Gipton Approach, LS9 6NL
Lack of even the most basic firefighting equipment prompted the FBU to contact Palestinian firefighters several years ago. Now a new film traces what happened when one FBU member returned.
→MoreSaturday 18th November, 2017
The Occupation of the American Mind – film & talk
Time: 5:00 pm
Venue: Carriageworks, 3 Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 3AD
The Occupation of the American Mind takes an eye-opening look at this critical exception, focusing on pro-Israel public relations efforts within the U.S. Narrated by Roger Waters, lead singer of rock band Pink Floyd.
→MoreWednesday 15th November, 2017
Gaza Surf Club
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: The Albert Room, Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, LS1 3AD
→MoreMonday 13th November, 2017
Gaza Surf Club
Time: 8:15 pm
Venue: The Albert Room, Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, LS1 3AD
The world of Gaza’s surfing enthusiasts, where a formidable resilience pulses within a beleaguered population.
→MoreSaturday 11th March, 2017
The Promised Band
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Blackwells Bookshop cafe, LS2 9HJ
The moving true story of an attempt to create dialogue and friendship between Israeli and Palestinian women, using the device of a rock band to help them cross physical, legal and cultural barriers. The women’s lives are deeply affected, in unexpected ways.
→MoreSunday 5th March, 2017
3000 Nights
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Hyde Park Picture House, LS6 1JD
Layla is an ordinary young Palestinian school teacher, arrested on false charges and incarcerated with criminals in a high security Israeli women’s prison. Somehow she manages to transcend the bleakness of her situation.
→MoreFriday 9th December, 2016
Flying Paper + Return to Seifa
Venue: Woodhouse Community CentreAn uplifting story of Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip on a quest to shatter the Guinness World Record for the most kites ever flown.
→MoreTuesday 6th December, 2016
Speed Sisters
Venue: Hyde Park Picture HouseThis film follows the first all-woman race car driving team in the Middle East.
→MoreThursday 1st December, 2016
Balls, Barriers and Bulldozers + Q&A
Venue: Otley CourthouseThis documentary film is about a women’s football tour to the West Bank. It’s about football, and so much more.
→MoreTuesday 29th November, 2016
Rough Stage
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Perform 1, Leeds Beckett Calverley
An artist at heart, Maher, electrical engineer and former political prisoner wants to stage a contemporary dance performance in Ramallah. His family disapprove, money’s a problem and cultural problems intercede. Will he realise his dream despite barriers, both political and cultural? Toomas Jarvet’s Rough Stage employs breathtaking desert scenes and urban locations, set as a backdrop to Maher’s art.
→MoreFriday 25th November, 2016
Epicly Palestine’d + Q & A and The Idol
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Heart
A film about skateboarding in Palestine and The Idol, a moving, defiantly uplifting biopic of Muhammad Assaf, the Gazan wedding singer who became a worldwide TV sensation in 2013
→MoreMonday 21st November, 2016
The Promised Band
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Shine
The moving true story of an attempt to create dialogue and friendship between Israeli and Palestinian women, using the device of a rock band to help them cross physical, legal and cultural barriers. The women’s lives are deeply affected, in unexpected ways.
→MoreSaturday 19th November, 2016
The Great Book Robbery
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Blackwells Bookshop cafe
When Palestinians were expelled from their land in 1948, Israeli soldiers were accompanied by librarians as they entered Palestinian homes in many towns and villages. Their mission was to collect as many valuable books and manuscripts as possible.
→MoreTuesday 15th December, 2015
Open Bethlehem
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Hyde Park Picture House
Film director Leila Sansour returns to Bethlehem to make a film about her hometown, soon to be encircled by a wall.
→MoreThursday 10th December, 2015
On the Side of the Road + Q & A
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Hamara Centre
This documentary by Israeli journalist Lia Tarachansky examines the collective Israeli denial about the expulsion and displacement of Palestinians in the wake of the 1948 war for independence.
→MoreFriday 4th December, 2015
Divine Intervention
Time: 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Venue: HEART Centre
This surreal black comedy made by Palestinian director Elia Suleiman records a day in the life of a Palestinian living in Nazareth, whose girlfriend lives several checkpoints away in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
→MoreSaturday 28th November, 2015
Balls, Barriers and Bulldozers + Q & A
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Carriageworks
The film follows two UK women’s football teams as they visit teams across the West Bank, even playing the Palestinian U19s team in the national stadium.
→MoreMonday 23rd November, 2015
Two Blue Lines
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Beckett Studio
Shot over a period of 32 years, this documentary examines the human and political situation of Palestinian people from the years prior to the creation of Israel to the present day.
→MoreTuesday 17th November, 2015
Amreeka
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Seven Arts Centre
This lighthearted film chronicles the adventures of Muna, a single mother who leaves the West Bank with Fadi, her teenage son, with dreams of an exciting future in the promised land of small town Illinois.
→MoreSunday 15th November, 2015
The Wanted 18
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Leeds Town Hall
This winning mix of documentary and clay-animation offers an unexpectedly humorous account of a West Bank town’s experience of the first Intifada, a subject that doesn’t usually generate a lot of laughs in cinema.
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