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AFF Library of Some of Our Past Films
About 170 titles of past Ancaster Film Fest selections are available for loan at Rastin's Pharmacy.
All That's Left Of You
Monday May 11, 2:00 p.m.
Monday May 11, 2:00 p.m.
All That's Left Of You
142 min
Season Sponsor: Rastins Pharmacy
Film Date Sponsor: To Be Announced
Proceeds: Canadian Red Cross
Buy tickets at https://www.memorialarts.ca/films/aff-may11-aft
In the Occupied West Bank of the 1980s, a Palestinian teenager is swept into a protest that changes the course of his family's life. Reeling from its aftermath, his mother, Hanan, shares the story that led them to that fateful moment. Spanning seven decades, this epic drama traces the hopes and heartaches of one uprooted family, revealing not only the scars of displacement, but the unbreakable spirit of survival.
Awards:
Hampton's International Film Festival: NY Women in Film/Television Award, Excellence in Narrative Filmmaking
San Francisco Film Festival: Golden Gate Award, Audience Award-Best Narrative
Sydney Film Festival: Best International Feature
Tessaloniki Film Festival: Audience Award
Seville Film Festiva: Best Director
All That’s Left of You, a multi-generational Palestinian epic, is the kind of accomplished, immaculately rendered film that’s indicative of a director who’s learned much and is ready to seize more. Robert Daniels/Roger Ebert.com
Though sometimes over-explanatory, the film gains in complexity as it progresses, raising thorny questions about the duty of victims to maintain their humanity. Liam Lacey/Original Cin
Palestine 36
Monday May 11, 2:00 p.m.
Monday May 11, 7:15 p.m.
All That's Left Of You
119 min
Season Sponsor: Rastins Pharmacy
Film Date Sponsor: To Be Announced
Proceeds: Canadian Red Cross
Buy tickets at https://www.memorialarts.ca/films/aff-may11-eve
1936. As villages across mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest.
But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain's 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment of decision for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.
If “Palestine 36” is indeed a filmic history lesson, it’s one worth sitting through. That a traditionally realized historical drama with impeccable production value and consistently effective performances centers the Palestinian perspective makes for an essential endeavor. Carlos Aguilar/RogerEbert.com
As overdue tales of history go, “Palestine ‘36” is certainly more of a blunt instrument than a novelistic endeavor. But its broad strokes and rooted passions easily earn their place, and deserve to inspire more such stories. Robert Abele/Los Angeles Times
Awards:
Sao Paolo International Film Festival: won Best International Film
Tokyo International Film Festival: won Best Film
Asian World Film Festival: Best Film
Mosaic International Film Festival: won Best Film Production
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29271622/
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/palestine_36
AFF Season 21 - 2026
Screenings will be at 2:00 and 7:15 p.m.
Dates
January 26 Sentimental Value, 2:00 p.m.
January 26 It Was Just An Accident, 7:15 p.m.
February 23: DJ Ahmet, 2:00 p.m.
February 23: Marty Supreme, 7:15 p.m.
March 30: The Choral, 2:00 p.m.
March 30: The Secret Agent 7:15 p.m.
April 20: The President's Cake, 2:00 p.m.
April 20: H Is For Hawk, 7:15 p.m.
May 11: All That's Left of You, 2:00 p.m.
May 11: Palestine 36, 7:15 p.m,
May 25: Holy Days, 2:00 p.m.
May 25:
June 8
September 14
October 5
October 26
November 16
December 7
Guests on our email list will also be informed via email. To contact us email ancasterfilmfest@cogeco.ca.
AFF Library of Some of Our Past Films
About 170 titles are available at Rastin's Pharmacy. Check out our Archive.
AFF Season 20 - 2025
Screenings were at 2:00 and 7:15 p.m. 12 Screening Dates, 22 Films. Approximately 5000 paid attendan
Dates
January 20: Lee, 2:00 p.m.
January 20: Goodrich, 7:15 p.m.
February 24: I'm Still Here, 2:00 p.m.
February 24: Emilia Pérez, 7:15 p.m.
March 17: Small Things Like These, 2:00 p.m.
March 17: No Other Land, 7:15 p.m.
April 7; Bob Trevino Likes It, 2:00 p.m.
April 7: There's Still Tomorrow, 7:15 p.m.
April 28, The Penguin Letters, 2:00 p.m.
April 28: Shepherds, 7:15 p.m.
May 12: Maria Montessori: Une Nouvelle Femme, 2:00 p.m.
May 12: Bad Shabbos, 7:15 p.m.
May 26: So Surreal: Behind the Masks, 2:00 p.m.
May 26: Santosh, 7:15 p.m.
June 9:Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, 2:00 p.m.
June 9: White Bird, 7:15 p.m.
September 22: The Life of Chuck, 2:00 p.m., 7:15 p.m.
October 6: The Marching Band, 2:00 p.m.
October 6: Exhibiting Forgiveness, 7:15 p.m.
November 3: Eleanor the Great, 2:00 p.m.
November 3: TBA, 7:15 p.m.
December 8: Blue Moon, 2:00 p.m.
December 8: TBA 7:15 p.m.
Guests on our email list will also be informed via email. To contact us email ancasterfilmfest@cogeco.ca.
AFF Library of Some of Our Past Films
About 170 titles are available at Rastin's Pharmacy. Check out our Archive.