Palestine Comedy Club (12A)

When six Palestinian comedians hit the road to tour a stand-up show across Palestine and Israel, their search for humour amidst the injustice of everyday Palestinian life becomes a plea for humanity in the face of brutal war.

Palestine Comedy Club is a quest to find comedy in the tragedy of Palestinian life, and to create connection against the odds through a common love of laughter.

Content guidance 
Palestine Comedy Club contains references to violence and displacement, as well as real war footage and a brief image of a real dead body. For more information, visit the BBFC. 

This event will begin at the advertised time with no ads or trailers. 

About the Horizons film programme 
The Horizons Festival 2026 Film Programme was produced, curated and facilitated by Nuala Shaar, Horizons Film Programme Producer, with the final screening lineup voted for by Ana Lucía Cuevas, Linnae Yllane, Maryam Nazari and Tina Ramos Ekongo. Read more about their collaborative process. 

What the panel have to say: "It feels incredibly heartening to get to celebrate, with this film, the playful, irreverent humour that's so much a part of the culture of Arabs from the Levant. It is nothing short of a miracle that Palestinians are able to embody such profound dignity, grace and generosity during these endlessly harrowing times, by sharing the alchemising gift of laughter. Palestine Comedy Club makes a rousing, irrepressible statement: the Palestinian people will never lose their humanity, nor their capacity to feel, express and nurture pure, open-hearted joy. Indeed, as this film makes clear, to devotedly assert one's own humanity is the mightiest expression of resilience, and that is a sentiment we should all take heart in. No one gets to define your story but you." – Nuala Shaar, Horizons Film Programme Producer