LONDON PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL 2025
NOVEMBER 14 - 28
PREVIEW: PALESTINE 36 +SCREEN TALK
ANNEMARIE JACIR, 2025, 118'
thursday 30 octoBER | 18:00
cuRZON mayfair, 38 curzon street, london w1j 7ty
Palestine’s Official Submission for the Academy Awards® is set in 1936 Mandatory Palestine. Yusuf flees his rural home for Jerusalem’s charged streets, forced to confront colonial rule, rising migration and the inexorable drift toward a defining revolt.
As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain’s 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.
This is a preview screening organised in partnership with Curzon, ahead of the UK cinema release of Palestine 36.
This screening will be followed by a screen talk with Yasmine Al Massri and Billy Howle, chaired by Selma Dabbagh.