London Palestine Film Festival 2026 honours Mohammad Bakri (1953–2025), the Palestinian actor and filmmaker who helped shape Palestinian cinema and theatre for over half a century.

A familiar presence throughout LPFF’s history, Bakri’s legacy lives on through this dedicated tribute featuring three of his works spanning two decades, from his return to Jenin (Janin, Jenin, 2024) to reflections on memory and loss (Le Monde, 2026 and Since You Left, 2005). Celebrate his enduring mark on cinema across this year’s festival and beyond.

Janin, Jenin (Palestine, 2024, Mohammad Bakri, 61mins)

Twenty-one years after making his landmark documentary about the Israeli invasion of Jenin refugee camp, Mohammad Bakri returns with his camera as history repeats itself. As the legal battle over his original film continues, he documents the devastation of the 2023 assault and the enduring reality of a community under attack.

Le Monde (Palestine, 2026, Mohammad Bakri, 6mins)

Inside a café-restaurant, a birthday celebration unfolds as people remain absorbed in their private worlds while images of the war in Gaza play silently on a television. A seventy-year-old blind man, sitting with his daughter, is the only person who seems to register what is happening. He leaves at the height of the celebration, prompting a reflection on what it truly means to see.

Since You Left (Palestine, 2005, Mohammad Bakri, 58mins)

Following the death of Palestinian writer and politician Emile Habibi, Mohammad Bakri reflects on his mentor, his country and the events that transformed his own life. Neither eulogy nor biography, the film moves between personal memory and political history in an intimate meditation on Palestine, exile, belonging and the responsibility of bearing witness."

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Saleh Bakri

The films will be shown in Arabic with English subtitles.

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