When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns.

They join a movement of young American Jews battling the old guard to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel, revealing a deepening generational divide over modern Jewish identity.

Directed by Erin Axelman and Sam Eilertsen
Features Peter Beinart, Jeremy Ben-Ami and Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Simone Zimmerman, Abraham Foxman.

Release year 2023

Screening Time: 6.00 pm
Date: Friday 15th 2025
Location: Davis Lecture Theatre, Watt Street, Whanganui 4500

Free Entry.
All koha received will be donated to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund (the PCRF)

Awards: Best Documentary at the Arizona International Film Festival 2023, Best Feature Competition Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2023, Award Winner Tallgrass Film Festival 2023, Official Selection Brooklyn Film Festival 2023, 2023 Dallas International Film Festival Official Selection, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 43 Winner Audience Award Documentary, Official Selection Human International Documentary Film Festival 2024, Official Selection Chicago Palestine Film Festival 2024, CPH:DOX 2024 Official Selection.

Run Time: 1 hour 24 mins.
Rating: Unrated (our recommendation, PG-13)

You can watch the trailer here.

It Must Be Heaven

Like a modern Jacques Tati with a hint of Buster Keaton, director, writer, and actor, Elia Suleiman, embodies another silent version of himself, coming up with new, even subtler and more ingenious ways to portray the Palestinian ghettoisation. This time, in search of homeliness, Suleiman's alter ego travels from Nazareth to Europe, making the first stop at picturesque Paris to promote his movie, and then, off he goes to bustling New York City. There, he meets his friend, the actor, producer, and writer, Gael García Bernal, who is eager to lend a hand; however, it seems that his film is not Palestinian enough. But, when confronted with life's inherent absurdity, what else is there to do but sit back and stare in bewilderment?

Directed by Elia Suleiman
Released 2019

Screening Time 8.00 pm
Date: Friday 15th August 2025
Location: Davis Lecture Theatre, Watt Street, Whanganui 4500

Free Entry.
All koha received will be donated to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund (the PCRF).

Awards 2019 Cannes Film Festival Special Mention from the Main Competition Jury, 2019 Cannes Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film In Competition, Seville European Film Festival 2019 Winner Eurimages Award for Best European Co-Production, 2020 Winner The Critics Awards for Arabs Film Award - Best Director, 2020 Winner The Critics Award for Arab Films Award - Best Film.

Run time: 1 hour 37 mins
Rating: 15

Watch the trailer here.

The Doctor’s Wife

The documentary "The Doctor's Wife" is a documentary film about a New Zealand cardiac surgeon who, after retiring, dedicates his time to helping children with heart disease in Palestine. The documentary chronicles Dr. Alan Kerr's journey to Gaza and the West Bank, initially for a two-week visit, which then evolved into a 20-year commitment. The film was made possible through fundraising, donations, and in-kind support.

Director Paula Whetu Jones
Release date 2025

Screening Time: 6.00 pm
Date: Saturday 16th August 2025
Location: Davis Lecture Theatre, Watt Street, Whanganui 4500

Free Entry.
All koha received will be donated to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund (the PCRF)

Run time: 1 hour 37 mins.
Rating: Unrated (our recommendation, PG-13)

The Wanted 18
(brought to you in collaboration with Justice for Palestine)

The Wanted 18 is a 2014 Palestinian-Canadian animated documentary about the efforts of Palestinians in Beit Sahour to start a small local dairy industry during the First Intifada, hiding a herd of 18 dairy cows from Israeli security forces when the dairy collective was deemed a threat to Israel's national security. The film combines documentary interviews with those involved in the events, archival footage, drawings, black-and-white stop-motion animation as well as re-enactments, and was co-directed by Canadian filmmaker Paul Cowan and Palestinian visual artist and director Amer Shomali.

Directed by Paul Cowan (Canadian) and Amer Shomali (Palestinian)
Release year 2014.

Time 8.00 pm
Saturday 16th August 2025
Location Davis Lecture Theatre, Watt Street, Whanganui 4500

Free Entry.
All koha received will be donated to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund (the PCRF)


Awards Abu Dhabi Film Festival Best Documentary from the Arab World (2014), Carthage Film Festival Tanit d'Or for Documentary Feature Film (2014), Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival Award for Long Film (2015), International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights Special Mention of the Jury for Creative Documentary (2015), Traverse City Film Festival Founders Prize for Best Documentary (2015)

Run Time: 1 hour 15 mins
Rating: Unrated (our recommendation, PG-13)

You can watch the trailer here.