TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 1
Film Details: 119 minutes | Directed by Annemarie Jacir | Fiction | 2025 | Palestine, United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan
Screening with Endless Sunlight
Synopsis: Palestine, 1936. The uprising that took on an Empire. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain's 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.
Awards: Tokyo International Film Festival – Tokyo Grand Prix (Best Film); São Paulo International Film Festival – Audience Award (Best International Feature); Asian World Film Festival – Special Jury Award (Best Film)
Endless Sunlight was selected to precede Palestine 36 with the assistance of our friends at ImagineNATIVE to foster further intersectional solidarity between our audience — those born into and those sympathetic to the Palestinian struggle for liberation — and the Indigenous peoples of the land we are situated on; those who we share parallel histories with despite the distance between our homelands. During our opening night, this year falling on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we aim to continue bridging our people together through the use of cinema as we colour the viewing experience of Palestine 36 with that of Kokum Penny Roan’s thoughts and recollections. We hope that as our audience reflects on the past and present context of Palestine and Palestinians as they watch Palestine 36, Endless Sunlight will be a catalyst for those reflections to extend to the past and present conditions of the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island.
More Info: palestine36film.com
Co-Curated by: ImagineNATIVE
