Set at the outbreak of the Great Palestinian Revolt, Palestine 36 returns to a decisive moment in the history of Palestine, when resistance to British colonial rule was unfolding alongside accelerating Zionist settlement and profound changes to Palestinian life.

Moving between villages and cities, and through the lives of Palestinians occupying different positions within a society in flux, the film brings the political into the scale of the everyday, offering an epic account of a defining chapter in Palestinian resistance.

Film duration: 119 min

The film is in Arabic and English, with Arabic and English subtitles.

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Annemarie Jacir is a Palestinian director, screenwriter, and producer. Her short film Like Twenty Impossibles was the first Arab short film to be officially selected at the Cannes Film Festival. Her first feature-length film, Salt of this Sea, was selected for the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival and won 14 international awards, including the FIPRESCI Prize. It was the first feature directed by a Palestinian woman and Palestine's submission to the Academy Awards. Jacir's 2nd feature-length film, When I Saw You was named Best Asian Film at the Berlin International Film Festival and Best Film at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. Her third feature lenght film Wajib won the Best Film award at the Dubai Film Festival. Jacir co-founded Philistine Films, a production company that focuses on creating independent Arab films. Palestine 36 is Jacir's most recent feature-length film, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was Palestine's nomination for the 2026 Academy Awards.