PALESTINE COMEDY CLUB

2025, dirs. Alaa Aliabdallah and Charlotte Knowles
Palestine, United Kingdom; 92 min.
In Arabic and English with English subtitles

Six Palestinian stand-up comedians write and tour a stand-up comedy show exploring the unlikely, often dark humor that surrounds the complexity of Palestinian identity. What starts as a blending of comic traditions to encourage honest and open reflections through the shared enjoyment of laughter becomes an existential imperative to survival and sharing common humanity.

Preceded by the short films:

KITES OF BURIN

2024, dirs. Brandon Tonner-Connolly and Raphael Mimoun, 6 min.

Just outside of Nablus, the community of Burin is surrounded by some of the most extreme, violent settlements in the West Bank. In the face of frequent aggression from settlers and harassment from the Israeli army, the community started an annual kite festival to give the children of the area an opportunity to come together and play, embodying the concept of resistance through joy.

ADAS FALASTEEN

2024, dirs. Hamdi Khalil Elhusseini and Samar Taher Lulu, 8 min.

This short doc tells the story of a Palestinian chef and his role in using his hobby as a shield against the famine caused by the war on Gaza, preserving the spirit of resilience and hope within his community.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME

2025, dirs. Lina Abdulkarim and Mohammed Elmashhrawi, 12 min.

Through stories of loss and resilience, a connection between a young Palestinian-American girl and a Gazan refugee sparks a dream that juxtaposes the lives of one with the other.