Adelaide Film Festival
Films & EventsTickets & PassesAFF Investment FundAccreditationSchedule
Films & Events
Schedule
AFF Investment Fund
News
Films & Events
Schedule
AFF Investment Fund
News
FACEBOOKINSTAGRAMLINKEDIN
LETTERBOXDYOUTUBE

Print Program

Print Program

Download the App

Dark Mode

Light Mode

Contact Us

ADDRESS

Adelaide Studios

1 Mulberry Road

Glenside, SA 5065

Australia

ENQUIRIES
+61 8 8394 2505
EMAIL
info@adelaidefilmfestival.org

AFF News

Subscribe to our mailing list for festival updates, film announcements, and special events all year-round.

Acknowledgement of Country

Adelaide Film Festival acknowledges that we work and celebrate screen culture on Kaurna Country. We pay our respects to Kaurna Elders past, present and emerging and recognise their culture, beliefs, and relationship with the Adelaide Plains. We would also like to acknowledge Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia as the first storytellers.

© Copyright AFF 2025

Privacy PolicyTerms & Conditions

Brand:Cul-de-sac

Build:Rockethouse

Design:Studio OK-OK

Palestine Islands

2024

Palestine Islands

2024

Palestine Islands

Australian Premiere.

West Bank resident Maha hatches a crazy plan to make her blind grandfather believe that a return to his homeland is possible.

Director

Nour Ben Salem
Julien Menanteau

Runtime

23 Minutes

Country

Palestine

Classification

Unclassified 15+

West Bank resident Maha hatches a crazy plan to make her blind grandfather believe that a return to his homeland is possible.

Screening with World Shorts:
A Daydream With Fini (Grace Tan)
An Odd Turn (Francisco Lezama)
Montsouris Park (Guil Sela)
Lea Tupu'anga/Mother Tongue (Vea Mafile'o)
Trailer

Play Trailer

Film Credits

Director

Nour Ben Salem & Julien Menanteau

Year

2024

Country

Palestine

Language

Arabic

Subtitles

English

Type

Fiction & Short

Program Strand

Shorts & World Cinema

Producer

Bastien Daret, Arthur Goisset & Robin Robles

Writer

Nour Ben Salem & Julien Menanteau

Cinematographer

Éric Devin

Editor

Manon Falise

Cast

Sama Idreesi, Kamel El Basha, Leen Saleh, Toleen Al Risheq & Mohammad Idreesi

Music

Jack Bartman

Film Source

Manifest Pictures

Genre

Drama & Family

Screens As Part Of

World Shorts

World Shorts

A celebration of the best in World Cinema short filmmaking.

Runtime

87 minutes

Rating

Purchase Tickets

More to see...

No Other Land

No Other Land

Palestinian activist Basel Adra picks up a camera to document Israel’s mass expulsion of his community in the occupied West Bank. Israeli investigative journalist Yuval Abraham joins him to support his efforts. The unlikely friendship fosters optimism in resistance, while the divide and inequality between their homelands sparks honest late-night conversations.

No Other Land

No Other Land

Palestinian activist Basel Adra picks up a camera to document Israel’s mass expulsion of his community in the occupied West Bank. Israeli investigative journalist Yuval Abraham joins him to support his efforts. The unlikely friendship fosters optimism in resistance, while the divide and inequality between their homelands sparks honest late-night conversations.

World Shorts

World Shorts

A celebration of the best in World Cinema short filmmaking.
World Shorts

World Shorts

A celebration of the best in World Cinema short filmmaking.
Lea Tupu’anga / Mother Tongue

Lea Tupu’anga / Mother Tongue

A young speech therapist disconnected from her Tongan heritage lies about her Tongan language skills to get a job.
Lea Tupu’anga / Mother Tongue

Lea Tupu’anga / Mother Tongue

A young speech therapist disconnected from her Tongan heritage lies about her Tongan language skills to get a job.
A Daydream with Fini

A Daydream with Fini

On a sweltering summer’s day in Izamal, Mexico, two elderly friends talk about work, travel and dreams.
A Daydream with Fini

A Daydream with Fini

On a sweltering summer’s day in Izamal, Mexico, two elderly friends talk about work, travel and dreams.