Premiere: Im Schatten des Orangenbaums | mit Filmgespräch

In the organizer's words:

IN THE SHADOW OF THE ORANGE TREE

Premiere on Monday, 24.11., 18:30, GLORIA

After the screening there will be a discussion with Riad Othman about the historical background. Riad Othman is a historian and humanitarian aid worker. He has been working for the aid and human rights organization medico international as an expert on Palestine and Israel since 2012.

CY/D 2025 | Director: Cherien Dabis | 145 min.
Cast and crew: Saleh Bakri, Cherien Dabis, Adam Bakri, Maria Zreik, Mohammad Bakri, Muhammad Abed Elrahman

"A deeply moving epic" The Guardian

West Bank, 1988: When young Noor (Muhammad Abed Elrahman) is seriously injured during a demonstration, his mother Hanan (Cherien Dabis) begins to tell the moving story of her family.

The story leads back to 1948, when Noor's grandfather Sharif (Adam Bakri) refuses to leave Jaffa in order to protect his house and the orange grove. But war, expulsion and captivity tear the family apart. Sharif's son Salim (Saleh Bakri) grows up in the shadow of his homeland, which he never really got to know.

Decades later, when Noor protests against Israeli soldiers, history seems to repeat itself. But in their moment of greatest pain, Hanan and Salim make a decision for humanity, giving hope for reconciliation.

Inspired by the story of her own family, director and writer Cherien Dabis tells a touching portrait of three generations in the West Bank from 1948 to 2022 in THE SHADOW OF THE ORANGE (OT: ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU), in which personal fates and the history of a people are inextricably linked.

IN THE SHADOW OF THE ORANGE TREE was selected as the Jordanian entry for the OSCAR™ 2026 in the "Best International Film" category.

Price information:

regular: € 10,- | reduced: € 8,- (Reduction: Guild pass, students, pupils, senior citizens over 65, severely disabled pass, social pass)