Together with Cafe Palestine Colonia, we’re screening Palestine 36 at Kino Weltsichten in Cologne!

The latest film by Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir, and Palestine’s official Oscar entry, celebrated its acclaimed world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it was honoured with a 20-minute standing ovation.

With her feature film Jacir has created a passionate, visually stunning historical epic about the 1936 Arab Revolt, which serves as a cinematic tribute to this defining moment in her country’s history.

Guest: Professor Dr. Abed Shokry

Professor Dr. Abed Shokry comes from a large Palestinian family in Gaza. After studying and earning his doctorate in Germany, he returned to Gaza and taught industrial engineering at the Islamic University in Gaza. Abed Shokry has five children and lived in Gaza during the war until, after much effort, he finally managed to leave, first for Egypt and then for Germany.

What does the historical portrayal of Palestine in Jacir’s film have to do with us today? How do the media change our perception of Palestine? What is the reality for the people of Palestine? We will discuss these and other questions with Professor Shokry.

PALESTINE 36
Directed by Annemarie Jacir
Palestine/United Kingdom/France/Denmark/Norway/Qatar/Saudi Arabia/Jordan 2025 | 119’

Free admission.

The film will be shown in the original language with German subtitles.

Understanding, openness and coming into contact with people of different nationalities and origins are our motives for the series World Views. Once a month, we show entertaining as well as thoughtful films from different countries to make the prism through which we see the world even more colourful.

People with and without an international history, women with refugee experience, their families and anyone interested in excellent, often rarely shown international films directed by women are warmly invited to the programme.

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In cooperation with Cafe Palestine Colonia