The film will be shown by popular demand and will be part of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign activities to support the oppressedand to raise awareness 

The Star and Shadow cinema

Where Olive Trees Weep

Maral Quttieneh

Zaya Benazzo

Maurizio Benazzo

Ashira Darwish

Finley MacNeil

Caroline Campbell

Nickoloz Kachibaia

Yasen Stoev

Where Olive Trees Weep offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma, and the quest for justice. We follow, among others, Palestinian journalist and therapist Ashira Darwish, grassroots activist Ahed Tamimi, and Israeli journalist Amira Hass. We witness Dr. Gabor Maté offering trauma-healing work for a group of women who have been tortured in Israeli prisons. Ancient landscapes bear deep scars, having witnessed the brutal reality of ancestral land confiscation, expulsions, imprisonment, home demolitions, water deprivation, and denial of basic human rights. Yet, through the veil of oppression, we catch a glimpse of resilience—deep roots that have carried the Palestinian people through decades of darkness and shattered lives. This emotional journey bares the humanity of the oppressed while grappling with the question: what makes the oppressor so ruthlessly blind to its own cruelty?

Documentary

Star & Shadow Cinema is a completely volunteer-run DIY venue based in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England.

We are an arts, music, cinema and community space set up as a cooperative that anyone can join.

We are housed in a building that we own and built. We have a 80 seater cinema, 200 capacity music venue, cafe, library, dark room, print room, garden, workshop, kitchen, changing places toilet and an online radio station.

Our programming is dedicated to independent grass-roots culture.

No-one is paid to run the Star & Shadow. There are no bosses or managers, just working groups, collective meetings, consensus decision making and a heavy dose of honest disorganisation. The building is run and programmed by its members and volunteers.