London Palestine Film Festival (LPFF) returns this November with a powerful line-up of films offering rich insights into Palestinian life, culture and resistance. Staying true to its mission of amplifying Palestinian voices, LPFF 2025 shines a spotlight on urgent and compelling narratives from Gaza and beyond.
For the first time LPFF is expanding beyond the capital, with selected screenings and events taking place in Liverpool, extending the festival’s reach to new audiences outside of London.
The festival opens on Friday, November 14th at the Barbican with the critically acclaimed The Voice of Hind Rajab, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. Acclaimed on the international festival circuit and winner of multiple awards, the film tells the harrowing final moments of six-year-old Hind Rajab during the Gaza bombardment. The screening will be followed by a conversation with cast members Amer Hlehel and Motaz Malhees.
LPFF 2025 concludes on Friday, November 28th with two special closing night events. At the ICA, a shorts programme will present a sonic and visual meditation on life in and beyond Gaza, exploring how war, memory and survival are etched into sound and silence. At Riverside Studios, audiences will experience All That’s Left of You, Jordan’s official submission to the Academy Awards®. Directed by Cherien Dabis, the film is a hauntingly intimate portrait of three generations of a Palestinian family shaped by exile, resistance and inherited memory.
Making its UK premiere at LPFF 2025, The Mission is one of the festival’s most urgent and unflinching documentaries. Directed by The Gaza Collective and Mike Lerner, the film follows acclaimed British-Iraqi surgeon Dr. Mohammed Tahir on his third humanitarian mission to Gaza. Filmed by members of his medical team, The Mission captures the raw intensity of Gaza’s operating rooms, where Dr. Tahir and his colleagues work tirelessly to save lives amid relentless bombardment. The result is a historic testament to human compassion and resilience in the face of unimaginable devastation. The screening will be followed by a conversation with Dr. Mohammed Tahir and director/producer Mike Lerner.
Between the opening and closing nights, LPFF 2025 presents a curated programme of internationally acclaimed works. Among the highlights is Palestine 36, Annemarie Jacir’s much-praised exploration of love, exile and memory, which has drawn admiration from audiences and artists worldwide, including Riz Ahmed who hailed it as an essential film. The programme also includes Once Upon a Time in Gaza, the latest work from the Tarzan Brothers, receiving its UK premiere at the festival, as well as new titles from celebrated filmmakers Yasmin Fedda, Sepideh Farsi and Kamal Aljafari. Collectively, these films showcase the diversity and creative strength of Palestinian cinema today, spanning documentary, fiction and experimental works that continue to resonate across borders.
Khaled Ziada, Founder and Director of London Palestine Film Festival, and Executive Producer of Together for Palestine said: “Founded in the late 90s, the annual two-week film festival continues to create spaces of discussion. Each edition spotlights stories of political realities as experienced by Palestinians, both at home and in the diaspora, through the creative lens of cinema. This year’s programme feels more urgent than ever, opening with the internationally acclaimed The Voice of Hind Rajab, a film that speaks to both the fragility and the resilience of Palestinian life.”
Full Programme of Events
Friday, November 14th at 8:30 PM – Barbican Cinema 1
Opening Night: The Voice of Hind Rajab (89 min)
Followed by a screen talk with Amer Hlehel and Motaz Malhees
Saturday, November 15th at 2:00 PM – The Garden Cinema
Yalla Parkour (87 min)
Followed by a self-guided collage workshop, curated by Gather with Anis
Saturday, November 15th at 6:20 PM – Curzon Soho
The Voice of Hind Rajab (89 min)
Sunday, November 16th at 1:00 PM – ICA, Screen 1
With Hasan in Gaza (106 min)
Followed by a screen talk with Kamal Aljafari
Sunday, November 16th at 5:40 PM – Curzon Soho
Palestine 36 (118 min)
Monday, November 17th at 6:45 PM – Genesis Cinema
The Palestine Exception (72 min)
Followed by a screen talk with Janice Haaken
Monday, November 17th at 7:00 PM – Liverpool (FACT)
A State of Passion (93 min)
Monday, November 17th at 8:45 PM – Barbican Cinema 1
Thank You for Banking With Us! (92 min)
Tuesday, November 18th at 6:20 PM – Bertha DocHouse
Song of All Ends (73 min)
Followed by a screen talk with Giovanni C. Lorusso
Tuesday, November 18th at 8:00 PM – Sands Films Cinema Club
The Tank and the Olive Tree (101 min)
Wednesday, November 19th at 6:45 PM – Genesis Cinema
SkatePal Double Bill: Epicly Palestine’d (26 min) and EXIST (40 min)
Followed by a screen talk with Theo Krish and Viktor Telegin
Thursday, November 20th at 8:45 PM – Barbican Cinema 1
UK Premiere: Once Upon A Time in Gaza (110 min)
Friday, November 21st at 8:00 PM – Riverside Studios, Screen 1
Once Upon a Time in Gaza (110 min)
Saturday, November 22nd at 2:00 PM – ICA, Screen 1
Ayouni (75 min)
Followed by a screen talk with Yasmin Fedda
Sunday, November 23rd at 5:40 PM – Curzon Soho
UK Premiere: The Mission (88 min)
Followed by a screen talk with Dr Mohammed Tahir and Mike Lerner
Monday, November 24th at 6:30 PM – Genesis Cinema
48 Resisting the big settlement (78 min) and Where the Wind Blows (18 min)
Monday, November 24th at 7:00 PM – Liverpool (FACT)
Shorts Session: Bearing Witness
Gaza Sound Man (43 min), The Clown of Gaza (62 min), Vibrations from Gaza (16 min)
Monday, November 24th at 8:00 PM – Riverside Studios, Screen 1
A State of Passion (93 min)
Tuesday, November 25th at 8:00 PM – Sands Film Cinema Club
Yallah Gaza (101 min)
Tuesday, November 25th at 8:45 PM – Barbican Cinema 1
Passing Dreams (79 min)
Wednesday, November 26th at 6:20 PM – Curzon Hoxton, Screen 1
Shorts Session: Fragments of Life
Born a Celebrity (13 min), Fin (5 min), Canary in a Coal Mine (20 min), What If They Bomb Here Tonight (16 min), Upshot (34 min)
Wednesday, November 26th at 8:45 PM – ICA, Screen 1
Put Your Soul on You Hand and Walk (113 min)
Thursday, November 27th at 6:20 PM – Curzon Hoxton, Screen 1
The Jacket (71 min) and The Clown of Gaza (60 min)
Friday, November 28th at 6:30 PM – ICA, Screen 1
Closing night: Shorts Session: Bearing Witness
Gaza Sound Man (42 min), Vibrations from Gaza (16 min), Sounds of Gaza (6 min), The Diary of a Sky (45 min)
Friday, November 28th at 8:00 PM – Riverside, Screen 1
Closing night: All That’s Left of You (150 min)
For the full 2025 programme and more details: www.palestinefilm.org.uk
Instagram: @lpffofficial
