Jessica Kelly

Palestine Underground by Boiler Room, 4:3 and Ma3azef documents the resilience of a burgeoning music scene undeterred and fuelled by political restrictions, building bridges through a shared sound and identity.

Set against the backdrop of the conflict in Gaza and Bethlehem at Christmas time, the film follows three Palestinian mothers-to-be and the staff at the busiest maternity hospital in the Occupied West Bank as they navigate pregnancy and childbirth with resilience and hope.

Basma Khalifa was born to Sudanse parents in Saudi Arabia and grew up in Northern Ireland. In this documentary she revisits her country of birth to see if she would ever want to move back there.

Palestine Underground by Boiler Room, 4:3 and Ma3azef documents the resilience of a burgeoning music scene undeterred and fuelled by political restrictions, building bridges through a shared sound and identity.

Set against the backdrop of the conflict in Gaza and Bethlehem at Christmas time, the film follows three Palestinian mothers-to-be and the staff at the busiest maternity hospital in the Occupied West Bank as they navigate pregnancy and childbirth with resilience and hope.

Basma Khalifa was born to Sudanse parents in Saudi Arabia and grew up in Northern Ireland. In this documentary she revisits her country of birth to see if she would ever want to move back there.