Please join us for a fun night of music, comedy and poetry. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Houston Palestine Film Festival. We hope to see you there!

HPFF 2010 Spot

Come help HPFF kick off the 2010 Season with a rooftop party at Khon’s in Midtown. Enjoy live Dabka dancing, food, and music.

May 13th | Thursday | 7 PM

$5 Entry

Gaza Winter
Friday May 14th
7:00 PM
Rice Media Center
During the Winter of 2008-9, as Israel smashed into Gaza leaving over 1417 Palestinians dead and 10,000 homes destroyed, a few filmmakers living in Ramallah met in …

Saturday May 15th at Rice Media Center

7:00 PM

Followed by reception and live musical performance by Sabreena da Witch

Focus on Women:

Fatenah, director: Ahmad Habash
30 min, 2009, Palestine
“Fatenah” is first Palestinian Animated 3D short film. Inspired from a true story. “Fatenah”, a Palestinian woman who lives in Gaza Strip. Her simple wishes were …

As the Poet Said
Friday MAY 21
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
7:00 PM
An evocative and lyrical paean to the life and times of late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, this thoughtful film sees director Nasri …

The Time that Remains
Saturday May 22nd
Museum of Fine Arts
7:00 PM
Celebrated Palestinian director Elia Suleiman’s long-awaited semi-autobiographical film, “The Time That Remains”, both pays homage to his parents and homeland, and laments the societal …