Timespan is excited to welcome CinemaAttic with its Viva Palestina! short film programme on September 26th from 6pm.

The short film programme will be touring across multiple venues in the Scottish Highlands, once again raising funds in aid of two fantastic organisations. With films ranging across drama, romance, and documentary, this event celebrates the diversity of Palestinian cinema while drawing attention to the brutality of the Israeli occupation and ongoing genocide. 

The ticket profits from this event will be split equally between the Amplify Gaza Community Resilience Projects Fund and Plant a Tree in Palestine, two organisations whose work remains more vital than ever.

To book your tickets, email enquiries@timespan.org.uk, donations will be collected at the door during the event.

Programme

The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing 
Theo Panagopoulos | 17 min | 2024
BAFTA nominee – best short film 2025

When a Glasgow-based filmmaker of Palestinian descent unearths a rarely-seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wildflowers of the 1930s and 1940s, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender film essay questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and the land.

Palestine Islands
Julien Menanteau & Nour Ben Salem | 23 min | 2023

Maha, 12, is part of the last generation of Palestinian refugees from the Balata camp. After her blind grandfather passes out in the street, she imagines a crazy project for when he wakes up: to make him believe that the wall of separation has fallen and that a return to his native land is possible. With the help of her friends from the camp, the young girl takes him on a whirlwind trip.

Your Father Was Born 100 Years Old, and So Was the Nakba
Razan AlSalah | 7 min | 2018

A grandmother returns to her hometown of Haifa through Google Streetview. Today, this is the only way Palestinian refugees can see Palestine.

Bonboné
Rakan Mayasi | 15 min |  2017
A Palestinian couple resorts to an unusual way to conceive as the husband is detained in an Israeli jail where visits are restricted.

Vibrations from Gaza 
Rehab Nazzal | 16 min | 2023
This moving documentary offers a glimpse into the resilience of Palestinian Deaf children in Gaza, who are enduring Israel’s siege and frequent military onslaught.

Tickets: Pay what you can, we encourage donations which will go to Amplify Gaza Community Resilience Projects Fund and Plant a Tree in Palestine

This event is organised in collaboration with CinemaAttic, LAC, and Eden Court