Bradford Queer Film Festival is proud to be a partner of Queer Cinema For Palestine in it's 4th edition and to present this year's programme 'No Pride in Genocide'
Tickets
There are 2 screenings, please ensure you buy a ticket for the screening time you wish to attend.
The 3PM session is an alcohol free space, we will be selling non alcoholic drinks including hot drinks during this session.
For the second session at 7PM where there will be a bar selling alcohol.
Fundraising
This event is a fundraiser, there will be food, second hand books and artworks available to purchase as well as donation points with all money from this event including ticket sales going directly to Palestinian causes.
Programme
This year’s program centres the work of queer, Palestinian, and allied artists, across locales, in historic Palestine and the diaspora. These films vary from doc-hybrid, experimental, fiction, and animation and together highlight art’s position in resistance and the struggle for liberation.
Abgad Hawaz, Robin Riad, 1min, Canada (2024)
Robin Riad’s short hand-drawn analogue film teaches the pronunciation of the Arabic Alphabet in 28 easy steps. A response to a digital form of anti-Arab hate that Riad witnessed online coming out of the genocide in Gaza, Abgad Hawaz is a way for her to hold close to her language, culture, and roots.
Out of Gaza, Seza Tiyara Selen, Jannis Osterburg, 9min, Germany (2025)
A young Palestinian woman wants to flee from Gaza with her friends, hoping to find freedom in the West. As a talented engineer she makes escape possible, but doubts arise if it is the right decision to leave. When they cross the wall, they encounter a world they did not expect.
Blood Like Water, Dima Hamdan, 14min, Palestine (2023)
Shadi embarks on a secret adventure, and accidentally drags his family into a trap where they only have two choices; either collaborate with the Israeli occupation, or be shamed and humiliated by their own people. Based on true stories.
a tangled web drowning in honey, Tara Hakim & Hannah Hull, 9min, Canada (2023)
a tangled web drowning in honey is an experiential and textural short film that invites viewers into the inner workings of a mind to ponder the ways in which we love and un-love ourselves.
Aliens in Beirut, Raghed Charabaty, 16min, Lebanon, Canada (2025)
Aliens in Beirut blurs doc and fiction, exploring alienation and desire at home through scripted improv, wildlife cinematography and visual experimentation. Charabaty (who also stars in the film) reimagines events from their life leading up to the fateful 2020 Beirut Port Explosion. Returning to Beirut from Toronto, desperately in search of roots, Amir falls for a stranger by the sea. In the end, the explosion cares for nobody – leaving behind traces of unerasable desire.
Palcorecore, Dana Dawud, 8min, Internet footage from Palestine (2023)
Dana Dawud’s Palcorecore (Palestine) is a hypnotic fusion of dance, archival footage, and internet-circulated videos that collapse past and present into a visceral portrait of Palestinian life.
I never promised you a Jasmine Garden, Teyama AlKamli, 20min, Canada (2023)
Tara, a queer Palestinian woman in her late 20s, attempts to suppress her internal emotional turbulence during a phone call with her best friend Sarab, with whom she is in love.
Don’t take my joy away, Omar Gabriel, 7min, Lebanon (2024)
Set in Shatila, a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, two friends revel in the small joys of life until violence suddenly disrupts their world.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE FILMS AND FILMMAKERS PLEASE VISIT - https://queercinemaforpalestine.org/2025/04/18/film-program-queer-cinema-for-palestine-2025/
Access
Common Space is a step free venue with wheelchair access including a ramp to the stage.
There is a wheelchair accessible bathroom on the ground floor as well as baby changing facilities.
The ground floor also houses a quiet space and prayer room facilities. We use air purifiers in the space and mask wearing is supported although not compulsory.
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