Palestine ’36

The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Palestine ’36” showing April 10-16 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. Selected as Palestine’s Official Submission to the 98th Academy Awards and an Official Selection of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, “Palestine ’36” is a sweeping historical drama set during a pivotal moment in Palestinian history. Set in 1936, as the British Empire tightens its colonial grip on Palestine, the film follows Yusuf, a man torn between his village home and his work in Jerusalem. Against the backdrop of the 1936 Palestinian Revolt, British colonial rule, and the arrival of Jewish refugees fleeing persecution in Europe, the lives of Palestinians, British authorities, and newcomers collide in a moment that will shape the region’s future. Starring an international ensemble including Jeremy Irons and Liam Cunningham, Hiam Abbass, Kamel Al Basha, Yasmine Al Massri, Saleh Bakri, “Palestine ’36” offers a powerful, human-centered portrait of resistance, displacement and moral reckoning. “Palestine ’36” will be shown at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre April 10-16. Showtimes will be Friday, Sunday and Monday, April 10, 12 and 13 at 3:30 p.m.; and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 14, 15 and 16 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $12, or $9 for Film Festival members. For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona.