About
PFI is a Palestinian voluntary and independent non-profit organization established in 2019, The PFI was born from a shared desire among active film professionals who identify as Palestinians, to create an inclusive body with the mission to develop, promote and empower the community and industry of film in Palestine and for Palestinians worldwide and preserve its cinema.
Palestine Film Platform is an initiative launched by Palestine Film Institute in collaboration with filmmakers from Palestine and Palestinian cultural institutions.
The Platform will stream a Palestinian Feature Film every week for free. This platform is available for any Palestinian filmmaker who wants to share her/his recent work. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us through our contact page or at info@palestinefilminstitute.org with any suggestions, ideas, and of course films.
The goals of the institute are:
To initiate coordination, partnerships and collaborations within the network of existing Palestinian film labs, workshops and pedagogical programs;
To enable access to international experts and mediate between Palestinian film professionals and local, regional and international festivals, industry events and marketplaces. This is accomplished by participating in such events, and as an independent professional body that supports the presence of film talent;
To develop Palestinian film talent (in all aspects of the craft) ) by providing training programs, workshops and seminars in the creation, production, promotion and distribution of Palestinian cinema;
To empower production using the organization’s network with structures of support worldwide, creating a database of grant-making institutions and residencies, and providing expertise support in coproduction agreements
To facilitate access and dissemination of Palestinian films worldwide, mediation of audiences, and solicitation of film agents, film critics and film scholars;
To serve the production of knowledge around Palestinian cinema, past, present and future, and to preserve film heritage, film culture and the social history of cinema by creating digital reference libraries that list Palestinian films and information regarding access as well as references for scholarship on Palestinian cinema in as many languages as possible;
To create bridges among the dispersed community of Palestinian cinema across the world while acknowledging and celebrating its achievements and mobilizing philanthropic resources;
To provide tools and resources for developing strategies that empower visibility, promotion and marketing for addressing the challenges of the digital platforms.