About the Film Festival

The second annual Houston Palestine Film Festival brings an honest and independent view of Palestine and its diaspora’s society, culture, and political travails through the art of film. This group of groundbreaking cinematic texts rise above the degrading stereotypes or reductively politicized depictions that are so familiar to Houstonians. A major goal of the Festival is to directly expose our local community to the perspective of artists as a first step toward circumventing the many government and media filters that pollute our understanding of Palestine and the wider region.

Tickets
$7 each night for adults; $6 for students, senior citizens, children

Commitee Members
Ali Aoudi
Omar Afra
Hadeel Assali
Claudia Baba
Hana Elsahly
Sousan Hammad
Sary Joudah
Julia Nasser
Iman Saqr
Brigitte Zaibak

Advisory Board
Ernest McMillian
Nicole Ballivian
Mustafa Habib
Sehba Sarwar
Wagih Aburish
Michael Peranteau
Fady Joudah
Rick Lowe
Tanya Akpabio

Sponsors
Marcel Khalife and NAGAM
Reem Renno
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Station Museum
Jerusalem Halal Meats
Sweet Factory
Mind Puddles
Martha Claire Thompkins
Wagih Abu-Rish
Joyce Salhoot
KPFT
US-Arab Bilateral Chamber of Commerce
Palestinians for Peace
Artist Rescue Mission
Nabil Murad
Rauf Diab
Minuteman Press
Arab American Education Foundation
ADC-Houston
Dania Dandashly
Ahmed Rabie
Sary Joudah
Hana ElSahly
Cafe Layal Grill
Fadis Mediterranean Grill
Hatem Saqr

Supporters/Friends
Voices Breaking Boundaries
Free Press Houston
DJ Sun
Indymedia
Ethnographic Film Society, Rice University
Shelby Hohl (Graphic Designer)
Matt Sonzala
Jason Price
Nidal el-Khairy

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