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2026

13 November – 27 November 2026

Tickets from £8.50 · Fri, 13 Nov 2026 · 20:00, including panel discussion

An intimate portrait of Marwan Barghouti, Palestine's best-known political prisoner.

The Savoy, Heaton Moor

Tickets from £8.50 · Sat, 21 Nov 2026 · 20:00, including panel discussion

Three generations of a Palestinian family, from the Nakba to now.

The Savoy, Heaton Moor

Tickets from £8.50 · Fri, 27 Nov 2026 · 20:00, including panel discussion

The systems behind civilian casualties in Gaza, described by the people who operate them.

The Savoy, Heaton Moor

Hiatus

10 May – 31 May 2024

The Teacher (18)
Friday 10th May - 20:00
Q&A facilitated by Professor Anadi Ramamurthy, author of 'Struggling to be seen: The travails of Palestinian cinema'. The book explores the challenges Palestinian filmmakers confront to develop a cinema that gives expression to the national narrative.
Gaza Fights for Freedom (18)
Saturday 18th May - 20:00
Including Q&A with Director Abby Martin (virtual session); facilitated by Mohammed Ghalayini, an atmospheric scientist and co-founder of Amplify Gaza Stories, which works to support the resilience of people in Gaza through community-led projects.
200 Meters (15)
Friday 31st May - 20:00
Dr Ruth Abou Rached is a Lecturer in Arabic Cultural Studies for the Department of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Manchester. Dr Louis Brehony is author of the book Palestinian Music in Exile: Voices of Resistance and director of the award-winning film Kofia: A Revolution Through Music. An independent scholar and writer on culture, aesthetics and resistance, his work focuses on Palestine, Ireland and histories of anticolonial musicianship.

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