The Boston Palestine Film Festival (BPFF) is an annual film festival held in Boston, MA that was established in 2007. [1] [2] [3] The festival brings Palestine-related cinema, narratives, and culture to New England audiences with the mission to "showcase the extraordinary narrative and culture of Palestinians through cinema and art." [4] [5] The thirteenth annual festival took place October 18–27, 2019. [6]
Run by volunteers and co-presented by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, BPFF features documentaries, features, rare early works, video art pieces, as well as new films by emerging artists and youth. [7]
| Year | Best Feature Narrative | Best Feature Documentary | Best Short |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Tower | Imprisoning a Generation | N/A |
| 2018 | The Reports on Sarah and Saleem | Soufra | N/A |
| 2017 | N/A | Stitching Palestine | Ayny - My Second Eye |
| 2016 | The Idol | Open Bethlehem | N/A |
| 2015 | Eyes of a Thief | The Wanted 18 | N/A |
| 2014 | Giraffada | My Love Awaits Me by the Sea | N/A |
| 2013 | N/A | Voices Across the Divide, A World Not Ours (co-winners) | N/A |
| 2012 | N/A | The War Around Us | N/A |
| 2011 | Man Without a Cell Phone | N/A | N/A |
| 2010 | N/A | Jerusalem: The East Side Story | N/A[ citation needed ] |