Film Screening in Zurich
Date: Saturday, 28th September 2024
Time: 5:00 PM | Door opening : 4.30 PM
Featured Film: Where Olive Trees Weep
Language : English with German subtitles

Where Olive Trees Weep offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation.

It explores themes of loss, trauma, and the quest for justice.
We follow, among others, Palestinian journalist and therapist Ashira Darwish, grassroots activist Ahed Tamimi, and Israeli journalist Amira Hass. We witness Dr. Gabor Maté offering trauma-healing work for a group of women who have been tortured in Israeli prisons.

Ancient landscapes bear deep scars, having witnessed the brutal reality of ancestral land confiscation, expulsions, imprisonment, home demolitions, water deprivation, and denial of basic human rights.
Yet, through the veil of oppression, we catch a glimpse of resilience—deep roots that have carried the Palestinian people through decades of darkness and shattered lives.

This emotional journey bares the humanity of the oppressed while grappling with the question: what makes the oppressor so ruthlessly blind to its own cruelty?

About the Film :

Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish:
If the olive trees knew the hands that planted them, their oil would become tears.”

Language

English with German subtitles

Donations

Donation-based | we recommend min. 20 CHF
All proceeds go to our Palestinian kin in need

Runtime

1 hour 44min

Director

Zaya Benazzo, Maurizio Benazzo

Producer

Zaya Benazzo, Maurizio Benazzo, Finley MacNeil

Executive Producer

Ashira Darwish

Thank you to “Where Olive Trees Weep”-Crew and all humans, not turning a blind eye to the Palestinian struggle for liberation.

More about the film please read here: www.whereolivetreesweep.com