Alam, The Flag علم w/ Coming Home

In a Palestinian town situated in the Israeli state, Tamer and his friends lead a typical high school student's life until the arrival of the intriguing Maysaa. To impress her, Tamer agrees to participate in a mysterious flag operation on the eve of Israel's Independence Day, a day of mourning for Palestinians.


Opening Night: Wednesday September 27

TPFF Home Grown Shorts


a tangled web drowning in honey | Baq'a The Open Valley |
we would be freer | I Feel Uncomfortable on the Balcony | Listed | In Her Shoes

Three residency award winners will be debuting the short films they worked on during the 2023 Toronto Palestine Film Festival Residency. Alongside the award winners, we have a collection of astounding home grown talent to share with you all. 

A thank you to our community partner Trinity Square Video!

Three Promises الوعود الثلاثة w/ Paradiso, XXXI, 108

A mother films her family's life while sheltering from Israel’s attacks during the Second Intifada in the West Bank. Her son revisits this past through this footage, delivering a heart-breaking portrait of the anguish of parents forced to choose between their children’s safety and the emotional upheaval of leaving home.

Friday September 29

Twelve beds اثنا عشر سريراً w/ Mohammed (excerpt, 3 x 13)

They were children of martyrs of the Palestinian Revolution sent to an orphanage in Lebanon in the late sixties. There they found salvation in a folk troupe & toured the world. They return to a place of memory where narratives of displacement, martyrdom, loss and deprivation, stir questions related to identity, sacrifice and homeland.

Notes on Displacement w/ 45th Parallel

The news is full of disturbing images of overcrowded boats and vast tent camps - but do we know what refugees are really going through? Khaled Jarrar follows a Palestinian family on their gruelling journey from Syria to Germany.

Tomorrow's Freedom  غد الحرية w/ Palestine 87   فلسطين ٨٧

A portrait of Palestinian leader and activist Marwan Barghouti tracing the origins of his political life to his imprisonment. The film follows the political evolution of a freedom fighter to a leader through interviews with politicians and his inner circle. Tomorrow's Freedom reveals a man with a steadfast dream for the liberation of Palestine.

Saturday September 30

The Promise w/ Last May in Palestine

Alaa Aljuneidi from Hebron, Palestine decides to climb Everest to keep a promise he made to his father on his deathbed, a promise he hasn't shared with anybody but holds the key to the young man’s destiny.

We No Longer Prefer Mountains w/ Hush

We No Longer Prefer Mountains focuses on the Druze minority in northern Palestine, drawing the viewer into a world of geographic isolation shaped by coercion and control.

MEDITERRANEAN FEVER حمّى البحر المتوسط 

Waleed lives in Haifa and dreams of a writing career while suffering from chronic depression. He develops a close relationship with his neighbor (a small-time crook) with an ulterior plot in mind. While the scheme turns into an unexpected friendship between the two men, it leads them into a journey of dark encounters.

Opening Night: Wednesday September 27

Friday September 29

Saturday September 30

Closing Night: Sunday October 1

TPFF 2023 Trailer