Cinema Politica is delighted to co-present the latest edition of Queer Cinema For Palestine: a program of short films at the intersection of queerness and Palestinian resistance. This eclectic slate of titles includes everything from hand-drawn avant-garde works to internet archive collages. Despite the unique array of aesthetics and perspectives, each film is composed with a clenched-fist, vehemently opposing the continued genocide of Palestinians. Filmmakers include: Robin Riad, Seza Tiyara Selen, Jannis Osterburg, Dima Hamdan, Tara Hakim, Hannah Hull, Raghed Charabaty, Dana Dawud, Teyama AlKamli, and Omar Gabriel.
Cinema Politica will be hosting this screening of Queer Cinema For Palestine 2025 at J.A. de Sève Cinema, Concordia University on Jun 25, 2025 at 19:00. Admission is free and by donation
Queer Cinema for Palestine (QCP)’s No Pride in Genocide (June 2025) is a global film event, co-organized by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and 100+ partners in 30+ countries, from China to Ecuador. The third edition of QCP invites grassroots, solidarity, and arts organizations across the world to host screenings of a stellar collectively curated short film program throughout the month of June 2025.
ABGAD HAWAZ
Robin Riad / Canada / 2024 / 1′
Riad uses humour to play with and sit with her mother tongue, offering a ‘false’ lesson in pronunciation. A response to a digital form of anti-Arab hate that Riad witnessed online coming out of the genocide in Gaza. (Written by Tara Hakim for TQFF)
OUT OF GAZA
Seza Tiyara Selen & Jannis Osterburg / Germany / 2025 / 9′
A young Palestinian woman wants to flee from Gaza with her friends, hoping to find freedom in the West
BLOOD LIKE WATER
Dima Hamdan / Palestine / 2023 / 14′
Shadi embarks on a secret adventure, and accidentally drags his family into a trap where they only have two choices; either collaborate with the Israeli occupation, or be shamed and humiliated by their own people.
A TANGLED WEB DROWNING IN HONEY
Tara Hakim & Hannah Hull / Canada / 2023 / 9′
a tangled web drowning in honey is an experiential and textural short film that invites viewers into the inner workings of a mind to ponder the ways in which we love and unlove ourselves.
ALIENS IN BEIRUT
Raghed Charabaty / Lebanon, Canada / 2025 / 16′
Aliens in Beirut blurs doc and fiction, exploring alienation and desire at home through scripted improv, wildlife cinematography and visual experimentation.
PALCORECORE
Dana Dawud / Internet footage from Palestine / 2023 / 8′PALCORECORE by Dana Dawud, 2023, 8′
Dana Dawud’s Palcorecore (Palestine) is a hypnotic fusion of dance, archival footage, and internet-circulated videos that collapse past and present into a visceral portrait of Palestinian life.
I NEVER PROMISED YOU A JASMINE GARDEN
Teyama AlKamli / Canada / 2023 / 20′
Tara, a queer Palestinian woman in her late 20s, attempts to suppress her internal emotional turbulence during a phone call with her best friend Sarab, with whom she is in love.
DON’T TAKE MY JOY AWAY
Omar Gabriel / Lebanon / 2024 / 7′
Two friends revel in the small joys of life until violence suddenly disrupts their world. Forced to flee, they embark on a dangerous journal of survival, confronting fear, chaos, and the stark realities around them.
