DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival

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Location	Washington, D.C.
Website	http://dcpfaf.org

The DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival (DCPFAF) is a non-profit, volunteer-run annual film festival established in 2011 ^[1] that showcases the work of Palestinian filmmakers and artists in Palestine and in diaspora, showcasing the range and complexity of Palestinian identities and narratives. ^{[2] [3]}

Background

In 2011, a group of three women founded the DCPFAF to create a platform for the artistic creativity of Palestinians, primarily through film but also through visual art, music, and other mediums. The DCPFAF launched in 2011. ^{[4] [5]}

2015 DCPFAF Program

• The Wanted 18, by Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan
• My Love Awaits Me by the Sea, by Mais Darwazah
• Giraffada, by Rani Massalha
• Hamule, by Mauricio Misle
• Roshmia, by Salim Abu Jabal
• Pioneer High, by Suha Araj
• Nun wa Zaytun, by Emtiaz Diab
• The Living of the Pigeons, by Baha' AbuShanab
• Villa Touma, by Suha Arraf
• Mars at Sunrise, by Jessica Habie
• The Book of Disappearance: Arabic Literary Program with Ibtisam Azem
• Layering Identities: From Architectural Heritage to Writing with Suad Amiry
• Musical performance by Rahim AlHaj and the Wanees Zarour Ensemble
• Photojournalism in Gaza with Eman Mohammed^{[ citation needed ]}

2014 DCPFAF Program

• Condom Lead, Tarzan and Arab
• Gaza 36mm, by Khalil Al Mozayen
• A World Not Ours, by Mahdi Fleifel
• Cinema Palestine, by Tim Schwab and Majdi El-Omari
• Where Should the Birds Fly, by Fida Qishta
• Omar, by Hany Abu-Assad
• May in the Summer, by Cherien Dabis
• Horizon, by Zain Duraie
• Yalla to the Moon, by Jacqueline Reem Salloum and Suhell Nafar
• Leaving Oslo, by Yazan Khalili
• From Ramallah, by Assem Nasser
• Message to Obama, by Muhannad Salahat
• Journey of a Sofa, by Alaa Al Ali
• Apartment 10/14, by Tarzan and Arab
• Interference, by Amin Nayfeh
• Oslo Syndrome, by Ayman Azraq
• Twenty Handshakes for Peace, by Mahdi Fleifel
• Long War, by Asma Ghanem
• The Huda Asfour Quartet
• Lena Seikaly and Trio
• Stories for Justice, Visualizing Palestine exhibit^{[ citation needed ]}

2013 DCPFAF Program

• When I Saw You, by Annemarie Jacir
• Where Should the Birds Fly? by Fida Qishta
• When Monaliza Smiled, by Fadi Haddad
• Infiltrators, by Khaled Jarrar
• Lyrics Revolt with Shannon Farhoud, Ahlene Ramadan, Melanie Fridgant, Rana Khaled Al Khatib^{[ citation needed ]}

2012 DCPFAF Program

• The Last Friday
• Man Without a Cell Phone
• Nukayba
• Gaza: Tunnels to Nowhere
• Uncle Nashaat
• Palestinian Innovators: Love Under Apartheid with Tanya Keilani, Mousa Kraish, and Huda Asfour
• Yousef Erakat of FouseyTube ^{[ citation needed ]}

2011 DCPFAF Program

• This is My Picture When I Was Dead, by Mahmoud Al Massad
• Kingdom of Women, by Dahna Abourahme
• From Palestine With Love, by Mahasen Nasser-Eldin
• Samia, by Mahasen Nasser-Eldin
• The Time That Remains, by Elia Suleiman
• Diaries, by May Odeh
• Yousef Erakat of FouseyTube
• Mustafa Staiti of the Freedom Theatre ^[1]

Further reading

• Gaul, Anny and Nour Joudah. "Film and its Voices: The DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival." Jadaliyya , October 8, 2011.

See also

• Palestine portal
• Film portal
• United States portal

• Boston Palestine Film Festival
• Chicago Palestine Film Festival
• Cinema of Palestine
• List of Palestinian films
• List of film festivals

Notes

1. Margaret (2011). "Palestinian Film Festival comes to DC/VA". International Solidarity Movement.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
2. "D.C. Palestinian Film and Arts Festival features 4 days of storytelling". The Washington Post .
3. Salih, Swara. "Reflections from the 2024 DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival". The New Arab. Archived from the original on 2024-12-09. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
4. "The 8th Annual DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival". Institute for Policy Studies. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
5. "DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival". Philadelphia Assembled. Retrieved 2025-02-05.

External links

• Official Website
• Official Facebook Page
• Official Twitter
• Official YouTube