"Annemarie Jacir's Palestine 36 debuted at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this fall to a 15-minute standing ovation - the longest in the festival's history. The historical drama is the only feature film shot in Gaza within the past two years, as Israeli missiles flew overhead. Critics have hailed Palestine 36 as a stirring and deeply human depiction of a 1936 rebellion against British colonial rule, centered on the story of Yusuf, a young man whose village is threatened by displacement."
"In an interview with the Enlightenment Podcast, Jacir connected the 1930s uprising to today's movement for Palestinian freedom and human rights. "There's the story of trauma and how trauma passes from generation to generation," she said, "but there's also the story of resistance and how we're refusing that erasure." Palestine 36 arrives in the Bay Area this week to kick off the Arab Film Festival with two screenings on Nov. 6 at San Francisco's Kabuki Theater,"
Palestine 36 premiered at the Toronto Film Festival to a 15-minute standing ovation, the longest in that festival's history. The film is the only feature shot in Gaza in the past two years while Israeli missiles flew overhead. The historical drama centers on Yusuf and a 1936 rebellion against British colonial rule, portraying threatened village displacement and deep human stakes. Jacir connects the 1930s uprising to contemporary Palestinian freedom and human rights movements, noting both trauma passed across generations and active resistance against erasure. The film opens the Bay Area Arab Film Festival on Nov. 6 and Nov. 14, and is Palestine's official submission to the 2026 Academy Awards.
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