Palestine 36

Today is the day! Palestine 36 has arrived in cinemas in the UK & Ireland! Please share! Palestine’s Oscar Entry, Palestine’s voice @palestine36film (IG)

Annemarie Jacir’s Palestine 36 resurrects the mass anti‑colonial revolt that Britain crushed with overwhelming force — and shows how its legacy still shapes the present. jacobin.com/2026/04/palest…

A story of resistance. A story of roots. A story that still echoes today. PALESTINE '36 opens 4/10. Get your tickets now.

“Despite all the troubles and difficulties in making the movie, the artistic side of the movie did not suffer.” Hiam Abbass discussed the making of Annemarie Jacir’s PALESTINE ‘36 while here for the film’s #TIFF50 World Premiere.

Mark Ruffalo urges people to watch Palestine ’36 to better understand the real history. He praised it by calling it an outstanding film that brings an important period to life with powerful emotion and scale.

Palestine 36 (2025) Annemarie Jacir The film recounts the 1936–1939 Arab revolt against British colonial rule in Palestine during the Mandate period. “Yes, we are still in a colonial moment. We have never been out of the colonial moment, unfortunately. People always use this term “postcolonialism” and it mystifies me. I wish there was postcolonialism but no, we’re still in that moment. We had to stop and start the filming four times with everything that was going on, because it just got worse and worse. My producers needed to deliver the film, and we had financial obligations; they wanted me to shoot, and so I was getting proposals to film in other places, including Malta, Greece, Morocco, and Cyprus. I kept refusing, I was very stubborn about it. I just could not bear the fact that we had to shift so many scenes out of Palestine. It was so devastating, because the film was so much about the land; I just couldn’t conceive of filming scenes set in Jerusalem or Jaffa somewhere else and pretending it was real. We lost a lot of money because of that, and we had to shrink the crew. Some actors were denied entry, or their agents wouldn’t let them come because they live abroad, they were like, “no way are we going to send our client to make a film in Palestine right now.” I think making this film was part of an emotional survival for me and maybe that’s why I became so stubborn about coming back to Palestine and finishing the film in Palestine. All of us to just keep going because we felt so hopeless and making the film was something concrete we could do. It was a way of maintaining our presence — the fact that we are here and we do things with love, and we will not disappear. My father is in his 90s now and it’s like the same thing is still going on. I also think we’ve felt in these last two years more alone than we ever have. I can’t believe this is still going on after two years and getting worse. At the same time the other side of that is we’re seeing people speaking out. We’re seeing people on the streets all over the world protesting and it’s really heartening.“ - Annemarie Jacir

What happens when a film opens the door to personal history? PALESTINE '36 Oscar Shortlisted Director Annemarie Jacir shares how audiences of Palestine 36 have responded—many moved to finally speak about their own experiences. @PhilistineFilms youtube.com/shorts/viQaCe_…

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I just watched Palestine 36. It is a sobering watch. Where resistance lives.

Palestine '36 plays three more times this week at the Michigan Theater after a packed opening night of 350+; rich storytelling and striking cinematography — tickets at the box office or online.

3/25 Catch wr/dir Annemarie Jaci’s wonderful Palestinian generations' wedding prep WAJIB (2017, her 3rd) at @BAMfilmBrooklyn salute to late film patriarch Mohammad Bakri (w/son Saleh Bakri) in terrific series ”Of Fathers & Sons: Bakri Family On Screen“ bam.org/film/2026/of-f…

I reviewed PALESTINE ‘36 for @ebertvoices rogerebert.com/reviews/palest…

‘Palestine 36’ inaugurará el Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Donostia el 23 de abril @GizaZinemaldia #Donostia @donostiakultura donostitik.com/palestine-36-i…

WATCH PALESTINE 36 !!!!!

I just saw the movie Palestine 36 and I cannot recommend it enough. I can’t believe, 90 years later, Palestinians are still having to deal with all this—land theft, ethnic cleansing, state violence. The movie is devastating, but more urgent than ever. Please go see it.

Palestine 36 is one of the most important films of our times revealing the earlier stages of Zionism and the land theft. Watch my interview with the director youtu.be/c2VgP9LMEdk?si…

Now watching: PALESTINE ‘36.

"Palestine 36 explores themes of colonialism, identity, and resistance, focusing on the struggles of Palestinians during the 1936-1939 Arab revolt against British rule. The film highlights the sacrifices of everyday people and the impact of geopolitical events on their lives."

@rachelgirlsheep @sopjap The film has just been released in US cinemas. Please spread the word! palestine36.com/screenings

@sopjap We’re not allowed to watch “Palestine 36” in the United States. Israeli censorship here is out of control.

I promise you, you don’t hate the British enough. This film is excellent in showing the British role in Zionist settler-colonialism. I had to watch it in a few sittings because I got too angry and distraught at the horrific scenes. It’s even worse when you see it from 2026 —90 years later and the Palestinians are getting genocided. You watch in the film how Palestinians aren’t at all prepared or understand the nature of the beast that’s invaded them, steals their land, tortures them, disarms them, murders them wantonly, they can’t predict how long this would last. Even the upper class Palestinian traitors betray because they misdiagnose the severity of what’s happening. On the one hand you have the brutal British colonial regime that specializes in oppression, and on the other hand, well-organized highly politicized Zionist Jews and Jews (who aren’t yet Zionists not entirely won over, yet they indirectly contribute to the cause of Zionism) moving there to establish a state, they hit the ground running, they control right-wing organizations, left-wing organizations, they work with British colonizers. They have monopoly over everything. While you have peaceful Palestinian village peasants absolutely unprepared/even unable to imagine this kind of brutality that’s unleashed on them. Palestinian workers in the city also unable to organize as effectively as the Jewish counterparts who come from countries with long established unions and socialist parties - on top of the Palestinians being disarmed and the colonial government working in favor of Zionists.

‘Palestine 36’ inaugurará el Festival de Derechos Humanos de Donostia | Cultura | Naiz naiz.eus/es/info/notici…

This film should be mandatory viewing in all British schools as part of the history curriculum. It shows clearly why we are in the mess we are in today.