The film festival ‘Palestyna w Krakowie’ will take place at Kino Pod Baranami on 19–21 November 2026. This is the third edition of the event. The programme includes feature-length and short films that portray the history of Palestine and the contemporary traumas of its people. The festival aims to show the many faces of Palestine and its people, and the whole is intended to form a story about the fate of a nation, local history, identity and the struggle for dignity and the right to exist.
The programme features four screenings:
- On the first day, the festival opens with ‘Tam gdzieś musi być niebo’, directed by Elia Suleiman, who also stars in it as the main character. The hero leaves his family home in Nazareth and discovers that his homeland follows him everywhere. The film explores Palestinian identity with empathy, humour and humanism,
- On Thursday, there will be a screening of four short films about individuals caught up in history and contemporary conflicts: ‘Son of the Streets’ by Mohammed Almughanni, about a teenage Palestinian boy from a refugee camp in Beirut fighting for an identity document; ‘Krótki film o wojnie’ by Nadim Suleiman, about working on a Polish film set, where truth blurs with fiction; ‘Quaher’ by Nada Khalifa, about a long journey back to the homeland; and ‘Salt’ by Mateusz Miszczyński, about two boys on the waves of the Dead Sea. Three of these films were made by young directors from the Middle East who studied at Polish film schools,
- On the second day, Sepideh Farsi’s documentary ‘Idź z duszą na dłoni’, filmed in the Gaza Strip, will be presented. Its main protagonist is 24-year-old photojournalist Fatma Hassona, who reported on Israeli military operations. Her life ended on 15 April 2025 under the rubble of a bombed house,
- The festival will close with a screening of Annemarie Jacir’s ‘Palestyna 36’, which tells the story of the uprising against British rule. The main character, Yusuf, lives between Jerusalem and the provinces, and all sides face an inevitable confrontation. Before the screening, an introduction will be given by Afra Wierska.
The screening of ‘Palestyna 36’ is part of the nationwide Polish premiere of the film, which is being distributed to Polish cinemas by Portal Immersja and FFIPP Poland.