Fourth Period of Palestinian Cinema: Everyday Occupation Between the Personal and the Political

Film Series
Petra Meterc: Fourth Period of Palestinian Cinema: Everyday Occupation Between the Personal and the Political
September 8, 2026, 6:00 PM, OBRAT, space for art and participation
LECTURE
In the lecture, we will get to know the so-called fourth period of Palestinian cinema, the period from the 1980s to the present day, characterized by the authorial poetics of directors such as Michel Khleifi, Rashid Masharawi, Elia Suleiman, and others. While in the past Palestinian cinema focused on the political and collective Palestinian experience, often in the form of documentaries made in exile, in this period the cinematic gaze shifts to the reality of Palestinians in the occupied territories, with a focus on more intimate stories.
The discussion after the lecture will be led by Maja Pan.
ABOUT THE LECTURER
Petra Meterc is a graduate in English and Polish, and works as a film critic and translator. For several years, she wrote about film and literature for Radio Študent. She has also mentored film education and film criticism workshops. She regularly attends film festivals abroad, either as a journalist or as a member of the Fipresci critics' juries. She is part of the program team for the Festival of Migrant Film and also collaborates with the Kino Otok and Kurja polt festivals. She regularly publishes in the magazines Ekran and KINO! and is a collaborator in the cultural editorial office of Radio ARS. For her critical work, she received the Ekran Award in 2020.