The Boston Palestine Film Festival at Coolidge Corner Theatre

The Boston Palestine Film Festival (BPFF) brings Palestine-related cinema, narratives, and culture to New England audiences.

The festival features compelling and thought-provoking films, including documentaries, features, rare early works, video art pieces, and new films by emerging artists and youth. These works from directors around the world offer refreshingly honest, self-described, and independent views of Palestine and its history, culture, and geographically dispersed society. Each year, guest filmmakers from various countries and expert commentators add contextual depth to the films.

Schedule:

7:00 p.m: Lyd at Coolidge Corner Theatre
2023, Documentary, 78 min
by Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland
Lyd by Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland, is a speculative Documentary that follows the rise and fall of Lyd – a 5,000-year-old metropolis that was once a bustling Palestinian town until it was conquered when the State of Israel was established in 1948 and was renamed Lod. Lyd dares to ask the question: what would the city be like had the Israeli occupation of Lyd never happened.