COMPLETE SCHEDULE

PALINALE
FEB 12-22
2026

Palinale Berlin Film Festival

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12

ARKAODA

17:00 - 01:00
PALINALE OPENING
Community Event
With Bazaar, Food, Live acts & DJs
18:00
FERTILE MEMORY
Tribute to Michel Khleifi I - Feature Film
Q&A with Iskandar Abdallah (Artistic Director, ALFilm)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13

IL KINO

15:00
ONE MORE SHOW
Gaza Today - Feature Film

FILMARCHE

19:00
THE MUSCLES ARE TENSE; CONCERNING VIOLENCE
Colonial /State Violence I - Feature Film Programme
With Q&A

TENNIS BAR

19:00
GAZA
Short Films 1

RINGBAR

20:00 - 01:00
WHOSE STREETS?
Exhibition
Hanix Shoaei photo exhibition - Opening Night

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 (1 OF 2)

IL KINO

15:00
48 / RESISTING THE BIG SETTLEMENT
Colonial State Violence II - Feature Film
With Q&A

FILMARCHE

18:00
CINEMA FOUAD; NIGHTFALL
Tribute Mohamad Soueid I - Feature Film Programme
With Discussion
20:00 - BREAK
21:00
MY HEART BEATS ONLY FOR HER
Tribute Mohamad Soueid II - Feature Film
with Discussion

RINGBAR

17:00 - 01:00
WHOSE STREETS?
Exhibition
Hanix Shoaei photo exhibition

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 (2 OF 2)

NEW YORCK IM BETHANIEN

14:00 - 16:00
BEYOND THE HEADLINES
Panel
With a screening of Sudan, Remember Us
15:00 - 20:00
HEART OF GAZA
Exhibition - Opening Event
Children's Book reading & Crafting event (16h - 18h)
20:00
FROM WORDS TO THE WORLD: AN EVENING OF SHARED ONENESS & PRESENCE
Performance
Music and poetry curated by Mazen

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 (1 OF 3)

IL KINO

12:00
WAJIB
Tribute Mohammad Bakri - Feature Film
With introduction

TENNIS BAR

19:00
THE TOWER
Palestine Animated I - Feature Film

FILMARCHE

15:00 - 22:00
ROUTE 181
Tribute to Michel Khleifi I - Feature Film Programme
15:00 Part 1 North (85mins)
Break
17:00 Part 2 Middle (105mins)
Break
19:30 Part 3 South (85mins)
With Q&A

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 (2 OF 3)

NEW YORCK IM BETHANIEN

13:00
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO UNCOVERED
Panel
15:00 - BREAK
16:00
AGAINST THE NARRATIVE - THE SITUATION OF GAZAN JOURNALISTS IN EGYPT
Panel
14:00 - 20:00
HEART OF GAZA
Exhibition

STUDIO DB

16:00
QERFĀN
Performance
17:00
DEEPDIVE GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS IN THE WESTBANK
Presentation
19:00
ICH BIN HIER ICH BIN DA; BLOOD LIKE WATER; THE SILENT PROTEST; NAILA AND THE UPRISING
Gender and Liberation I: Palestine - Film Programme
Q&A with Pary El-Qalqili
15:00 - 23:00
MULTIPLE EXHIBITIONS
Exhibition - Opening event
"Gaza" by Mohammed Moharm
"If the Olive Trees knew" by Emad Ette
"اسمي روزاليا, اسمي روزاليا, discovering Palestine from within" by Rosalia

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 (3 OF 3)

ARKAODA

15:00 - 01:00
DAYTIME CONCERT & PARTY
Party
Live music & DJs
Dabke Performance
Vendors & Food

RINGBAR

18:00 - 01:00
WHOSE STREETS?
Exhibition
Hanix Shoaei photo exhibition

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 (1 OF 2)

SPUTNIK KINO

17:00
WEST BANK
Short Films 2
19:00
GAZA
Short Films 1
With Q&A

TENNIS BAR

19:00
ARÁBIA
Neo-Colonial Labor Struggles I: Brazil - Feature Film
21:00 - BREAK
22:00
LOVERS IN THE SKY
Gender in Transition - Feature Film

NEW YORCK IM BETHANIEN

15:00 - 20:00
HEART OF GAZA
Exhibition

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 (2 OF 2)

RINGBAR

18:00 - 01:00
WHOSE STREETS?
Exhibition
Hanix Shoaei photo exhibition

STUDIO DB

19:00
HOMECOMING QUEENZ; WAITING FOR FARAJALLAH
Performance as Resistance - Film Programme
With Q&A
21:00
NIDAL BADARNY
Stand-up Show
Lang: Arabic
17:00 - 23:00
MULTIPLE EXHIBITIONS
Exhibition
"Gaza" by Mohammed Moharm
"If the Olive Trees knew" by Emad Ette
"اسمي روزاليا, اسمي روزاليا, discovering Palestine from within" by Rosalia

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 (1 OF 2)

TORTE

19:00
KULTURELL SEGREGIERTE DEUTSCHE FILM- UND MEDIENLANDSCHAFT
Panel
Language/Sprache DE

TENNIS BAR

19:00
SYRIAN HISTORY LESSONS
Short Films 3
With Q&A
20:00 - BREAK
21:00
THE LIONS BY THE RIVER TIGRIS
Post ISIS Iraq - Feature Film

STUDIO DB

19:00
SERHIFIL "NO EXOTIC AI"
Performance
20:00
WEDDING IN GALILEE
Tribute to Michel Khleifi - Feature Film
With Q&A
17:00 - 23:00
MULTIPLE EXHIBITIONS
Exhibition
"Gaza" by Mohammed Moharm
"If the Olive Trees knew" by Emad Ette
"اسمي روزاليا, اسمي روزاليا, discovering Palestine from within" by Rosalia

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 (2 OF 2)

KARANFIL

17:00 - 00:00
FRANKFURT LIBRARY READING CORNER
Community Event
Drop in hours: Letter Writing to Prisoners
Interview screenings from Gaza

NEW YORCK BETHANIEN

15:00 - 20:00
HEART OF GAZA
Exhibition - Closing Day

RINGBAR

18:00 - 21:00
WHOSE STREETS?
Exhibition
Hanix Shoaei photo exhibition

CITY KINO WEDDING

17:00
ONE MORE SHOW
Gaza Today - Feature Film

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 (1 OF 2)

CITY KINO WEDDING

19:00
LEBANON BY NIGHT
Neo-Colonial Labor Struggles II: Lebanon - Feature Film
With Q&A

LICHTBLICK-KINO

18:00
WAJIB
Tribute Mohammad Bakri - Feature Film
With Intro from Palinale

FILMARCHE

19:00
74 (THE RECONSTITUTION OF A STRUGGLE)
Student Resistance Day - Feature Film
With Q&A

BAVUL

17:00
ALTERNATIVE FUNDING, PRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION
Panel

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 (2 OF 2)

BIWOC* RISING

19:00
MAGDALENA: FROM PALESTINE TO THE PHILIPPINES: STOP THE U.S. WAR MACHINE
Panel

KARANFIL

17:00 - 00:00
FRANKFURT LIBRARY READING CORNER
Community Event
Drop in hours: Letter Writing to Prisoners
Interview screenings from Gaza

NEW YORCK BETHANIEN

16:00 - 00:00
MULTIPLE EXHIBITIONS
Exhibition
"Through my Eyes" by PALI Think Hub
"Windows" by Cherry Adam

RINGBAR

17:00 - 00:00
WHOSE STREETS?
Exhibition
Hanix Shoaei photo exhibition

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 (1 OF 2)

FILMARCHE

19:00
MORA IS HERE
Neo-Colonial Labor Struggles III: Morocco - Feature Film
With Q&A

CASINO FOR SOCIAL MEDICINE

19:00
REMEMBRANCE CULTURE & INVISIBLE GENOCIDES
Panel
21:00
DRINKS / HANGOUT
Networking

BIWOC* RISING

19:00
REDEFINING THE FEMINIST FRAME
Panel

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 (2 OF 2)

KARANFIL

17:00 - 00:00
FRANKFURT LIBRARY READING CORNER
Community Event
Drop in hours: Letter Writing to Prisoners
Interview screenings from Gaza

NEW YORCK IM BETHANIEN

12:00 - 00:00
MULTIPLE EXHIBITIONS
Exhibition
"Through my Eyes" by PALI Think Hub
"Windows" by Cherry Adam

RINGBAR

18:00 - 00:00
WHOSE STREETS?
Exhibition
Hanix Shoaei photo exhibition

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20

BAVUL

16:00
BEYOND SPECTACLES OF SUFFERING
Panel

NEW YORCK BETHANIEN

12:00 - 00:00
MULTIPLE EXHIBITIONS
Exhibition
"Through my Eyes" by PALI Think Hub
"Windows" by Cherry Adam

RINGBAR

18:00 - 00:00
WHOSE STREETS?
Exhibition
Hanix Shoaei photo exhibition

90 MIL

17:00 - 01:00
MUSIC4PALESTINE X PALINALE
Community Event
Film screening: Soundtrack to a Coup D'etat

Panels:
- Decolonizing Our Digital Activity
- Exploring ties between Palestinian liberation & Egyptian revolutionary movements

With Food, Exhibitions, Live acts, DJ sets, Poetry & Performances

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 (1 OF 2)

NEW YORCK IM BETHANIEN

12:00 - 00:00
MULTIPLE EXHIBITIONS
Exhibition
"Through my Eyes" by PALI Think Hub
"Windows" by Cherry Adam
17:00
CULTURAL ZIONISM & HOLLYWOOD - IMAGES, POWER & NARRATIVES
Panel
19:00
ACCOUNTABILITY, ETHICS AND SOLIDARITY
Panel

FILMARCHE

19:00
300 MILES
Gender and Liberation II: Syria - Feature Film
20:00 - BREAK
21:00
ALL ROADS LEAD TO MORE
Gender and Liberation II: Syria - Feature Film

TENNIS BAR

19:00
UN-IMAGINING PALESTINE I
Short Films IV
20:00 - BREAK
21:00
UN-IMAGINING PALESTINE II
Short Films V
With Q&A

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 (2 OF 2)

SPORE INITIATIVE

13:00
ANIMATION WORKSHOP I
Workshop
Registration required
15:00
ANIMATION WORKSHOP II
Workshop
Registration required
19:00
PALESTINE ANIMATED
Panel
With Hanee from Palestine Animated via zoom call
With Screening 19:30

RINGBAR

18:00 - 00:00
WHOSE STREETS?
Exhibition
Hanix Shoaei photo exhibition

CASINO FOR SOCIAL MEDICINE

19:00
COLLECTIVE HEALING - HOW DO WE HEAL IN A COLONIALIST WORLD?
Panel
21:00
HANGOUT
Networking

PANKE CULTURE

22:00 - 05:00
PALINALE CLOSING PARTY
Party

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22 - CLOSING DAY

LICHTBLICK-KINO

18:00
THE MUSCLES ARE TENSE; CONCERNING VIOLENCE
Colonial / State Violence I - Feature Film Programme

SPORE INITIATIVE

19:00
FROM THE HOLY LAND TO TERRA NULLIUS: GAZA
Lecture
21:00
ONE MORE SHOW
Gaza Today - Feature Film
With Q&A

TORTE

18:00
CLOSING GATHERING
Community Event
With Meshwar Mixtapes

About Palinale 2026

Palinale Berlin Film Festival 2026 runs from February 12-22 across multiple venues in Berlin. The festival features film screenings, panels, exhibitions, performances, workshops, and community events celebrating Palestinian cinema and culture.