Set during the 1936 Palestinian uprising against British colonial rule, this epic historical drama follows a resilient ensemble of characters. Yusuf (Karim Daoud Anaya), a peasant, straddles two worlds — the bustling city of Jerusalem, and his rural farming village, whose lands are being confiscated by Zionist settlers. Denied fair wages, a Jaffa port dockworker (Saled Bakri, Blue Caftan) joins the rebel movement. Elsewhere, a widowed mother (Yafa Bakri) stashes away an heirloom gun in hopes of defending her family from the British military’s raids.
Shot on location in Palestine and Jordan and interspersed with rare archival footage, the film boasts an exceptional international cast, including Hiam Abbas (Succession), Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune), and Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones). The third feature from writer-director Annemarie Jacir (When I Saw You; Wajib) to be selected as the Palestinian entry for Best International Feature at the Academy Awards, Palestine 36 is a masterwork of class tensions and sociopolitical intrigue.
Oscar Submission: Palestine
Annemarie Jacir
Saleh Bakri, Hiam Abbass, Jeremy Irons
Palestine/UK/France/Denmark/
Norway/Qatar/Saudi Arabia/Jordan
2025
In Arabic and English with English subtitles
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Credits
Producer
Ossama Bawardi, Cat Villiers, Azzam Fakhreddin, Hani Farsi, Nils Åstrand, Olivier Barbier, Nathanaël Karmitz, Katrin Pors, Hamza Ali
Screenwriter
Annemarie Jacir
Cinematography
Hélène Louvart, Sarah Blum, Tim Fleming
Editor
Tania Reddin
Production Design
Nael Kanj
Original Music
Ben Frost
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