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The Palestinian Film Institute and DOC co-present a showcase of projects in various stages, inviting industry and festival guests to discover, engage, and stand in solidarity.

The last year has underlined the great struggle of Palestinians merely to exist. Palestinian arts and culture – and cinema in particular – have long played a fundamental role in protecting Palestinian narratives and reflecting the Palestinian struggle over the past 76 years.
In this tradition, the PFI in collaboration with DOC, proudly presents the Palestine Film Showcase hosted by the RIDM, underlining the importance of platforming Palestinian narratives on their own terms in industry forums.

We invite industry professionals, festival programmers, co-producers and potential collaborators to discover five exciting documentary projects at various stages of development and to support these directors, producers and their films-in-the-making to get made and seen.
These projects have been selected by an international jury, have received bespoke mentoring from PFI industry consultants and have been supported to access the festival through accreditation, accommodation and travel support.

The showcase will be followed by a discussion led by Regards Palestiniens and Coalition des arts de Montréal pour la Palestine on the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) – which is part of the broader Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement – and other strategies for Palestinian solidarity and cultural activism. It will offer practical insights to filmmakers and industry representatives on how they can align themselves, show effective solidarity and support each other in their advocacy and actions for a free Palestine.

The Palestine Film Institute is a Palestinian voluntary and independent non-profit organization established in 2019, The PFI was born from a shared desire among active film professionals who identify as Palestinians, to create an inclusive body with the mission to develop, promote and empower the community and industry of film in Palestine and for Palestinians worldwide and preserve its cinema.