This film has been in the making for a while - a period drama about the region at a time of seminal change.

It's 1936. The Great Palestinian Revolt has shattered the complacency of British rule, denouncing its long-standing injustices, its land theft and Zionist ideology.

Little did the director know her film would premier at the Toronto Film Festival to a 20-minute standing ovation just as these earlier events were reaching their culmination, namely the systematic erasure of the Palestinian people. Cast members took to the red carpet with placards calling for an end to violence.

If you want to know the histroy of what's happening in Palestine today, you'll want to see this film.