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Palestine 36

The uprising that took on an empire.

7.6(87)20252h 0m3

Year 1936. As villages across 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 some arriving with nefarious Zionist-colonial ambitions, 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.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$2.7M
Language
Arabic
  • zionism
  • period drama
  • colonialism
  • british colonialism
  • historical drama
  • somber
  • 1930s
  • anti-colonialism
  • factual
  • palestine history
  • palestinian resistance
  • empathetic

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Palestinian Territory, United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Qatar

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • PremiereInternational Film Festival of Kerala12 Dec 2025
  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSanta Fe International Film Festival16 Oct 2025
    • PremiereMontclair Film Festival18 Oct 2025
    • PremiereOrcas Island Film Festival19 Oct 2025
    • PremiereChicago International Film Festival21 Oct 2025
    • PremiereAustin Film Festival30 Oct 2025
    • PremiereDenver Film Festival31 Oct 2025
    • Theatrical (limited)NR13 Feb 2026
    • Digital / OTTLetterboxd Video Store19 May 2026
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival17 Oct 2025
    • Theatrical12A31 Oct 2025
    • Digital / OTT12Letterboxd Video Store20 May 2026
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereMSydney Film Festival7 Jun 2026
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival5 Sept 2025
    • Digital / OTTPGLetterboxd Video Store19 May 2026
  • AlgeriaDZ

    • PremiereAnnaba Mediterranean Film Festival 25 Apr 2026
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical124 Mar 2026
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival 20 Oct 2025
    • PremiereMostra Farol25 Mar 2026
  • BulgariaBG

    • PremiereSofia International Film Festival13 Mar 2026
  • ChileCL

    • Theatrical1412 Feb 2026
  • EstoniaEE

    • PremiereTallinn Black Nights Film Festival 9 Nov 2025
  • FinlandFI

    • PremiereK-12Helsinki International Film Festival18 Sept 2026

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Palestine 36 was released on 31 October 2025.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    11/27/2025

    7/10

    With the British Empire trying to reconcile it’s own Palestinian agenda with those of the indigenous cotton farmers and a burgeoning, homeless, Jewish population arriving with expectations of their own homeland, this film follows events through the eyes of “Yusuf” (Karim Daoud Anaya) as he finds himself drawn into the conflict. He comes from a rural village but works part-time for a local publisher whose wife (Yasmin…

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    Puffypoofy

    1/21/2026

    1/10

    By Oren Kessler, author of the book 'Palestine 1936'> I have a number of quarrels with this film but I’ve limited myself to three of its most egregious failings: > > The utter distortion of how Jews acquired land (whatever land they owned was paid for – not “transferred” over by perfidious Brits) > > The complete absence of a guy named Hajj Amin al-Husseini (maybe you’ve heard of him) > > The silencing …

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    druscilla_of_old

    9/13/2026

    9/10

    It is difficult to imagine that it's been about 90 years since the events depicted in this landmark historical film, yet the evil Zionist acts depicted in it have only gotten more evil, in both their scale and intensity. In a mood reminiscent of some of the more striking scenes in Braveheart (1995), Annemarie Jacir (writer-director), herself a Palestinian, takes a down-to-earth semi-documentary approach to recount to…

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