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Palestinian cinema is relatively young in comparison to Arab cinema as a whole, many Palestinian movies are made with European and Israeli funding and support.^[1] Palestinian movies are not exclusively produced in Arabic and some are made in English, French and Hebrew.^[2]

Notable directors

Notable films

Children Nonetheless (1980)
Born Out of Death (1981)
They Don't Exist[1]
Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996) (Best First Film Prize at the 1996 Venice Film Festival)
Cyber Palestine (1999)
News Time (2001)
Rana's Wedding (2002)
Divine Intervention (2002).
Arna's Children (2003)
Palestine Post 9/11. (2005)
Paradise Now. (2006 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film winner)
The Color of Olives (2006)
Iron Wall. (2006)
First Picture (2006)

1974: They Don't Exist[2]

Notable film festivals

References

^ 'We have no film industry because we have no country' April 12, 2006, The Guardian
^ Palestine Film Foundation

External links

Dreams of a Nation, an independent project founded to provide resources and information on Palestinian cinema. Based at Columbia University, USA.

History and Trends in Palestinian Filmmaking

Litterature

Dabashi, Hamid, and Said, Edward (preface) (2006): Dreams Of A Nation: On Palestinian Cinema, Verso Books, London, United Kingdom, ISBN 1844670880
Gertz, Nurith; Khleifi, George (2008): Palestinian Cinema: Landscape, Trauma, and Memory, Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253220076

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[1] 'We have no film industry because we have no country' April 12, 2006, The Guardian

[2] Palestine Film Foundation

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-'''[[Palestinian]] cinema''' is relatively young in comparison to [[Arab cinema]] as a whole, many Palestinian movies are made with European and Israeli funding and support.<ref>[http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,1752076,00.html 'We have no film industry because we have no country'] April 12, 2006, [[The Guardian]]</ref> Palestinian movies are not exclusively produced in [[Arabic]] and some are made in English, French and Hebrew.<ref>[http://www.palestinefilm.org/default.asp Palestine Film Foundation]</ref>It is believed that there have been over 800 films produced about Palestinians, the [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]], and other related topics.<ref>[http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article6560.shtml Palestinian Revolution Cinema Comes to NYC], by [[Emily Jacir]]   16 February 2007, [[The Electronic Intifada]]</ref>
+'''[[Palestinian]] cinema''' is relatively young in comparison to [[Arab cinema]] as a whole, many Palestinian movies are made with European and Israeli funding and support.<ref>[http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,1752076,00.html 'We have no film industry because we have no country'] April 12, 2006, [[The Guardian]]</ref> Palestinian movies are not exclusively produced in [[Arabic]] and some are made in English, French and Hebrew.<ref>[http://www.palestinefilm.org/default.asp Palestine Film Foundation]</ref>
 ==Notable directors==