PALESTINE 36 follows Yusuf as he drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest of 1936 Mandate Palestine, where several villages were rising up against British rule. But history is relentless; with rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping an increasingly fascist Europe and Palestinian calls for independence, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.
Cast
Jeremy Irons, Hiam Abbass, Kamel El Basha, Saleh Bakri, Yasmine Al Massri, Jalal Altawil, Billy Howle, Dhafer L’Abidine, Liam Cunningham, Robert Aramayo, Yafa Bakri, Karim Daoud Anaya Crew
DOP: Hélène Louvart
Editor: Kazim Fayad, Ali Fayad
Production Designer: Nael Kanj
Costume Designer: Hamada Attallah
Music: Ben Frost
Production Company(ies):
Philistine Films, Autonomous, Corniche Media, MK Productions, Snowglobe
Producer(s):
Ossama Bawardi, Azzam Fakhrildin
- Toronto International Film Festival – Gala Program, Canada (World Premiere)
- 98th Academy Awards, US
- AFI Fest, US
- Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia
- BFI London, UK
- 38th European Film Awards
- Rome Film Festival, Italy
- Chicago International Film Festival, US
- Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan
- Arab Film Festival, US (Official Selection)
- São Paulo International Film Festival
- Asia Pacific Screen Awards
- Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco
- Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia
- Cinemamed - Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen de Bruxelles
- Kolkata International Film Festival, India
- Arab Film Festival in San Francisco, USA
- Reel Palestine Film Festival at Cinema Akil
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Grand Prix, Tokyo International Film Festival
- Audience Award, São Paulo International Film Festival