Aisha’s Story
“When you’re used to something
and it’s gone, part of you is lost.”
We’ve loved our screenings at festivals in Toronto, Vancouver, Amman, Jerusalem (Palestinian-organized), Morocco, Colorado, Deir al Balah (Gaza), Istanbul, UK, Italy, and France.
We’re honoured to receive the Best Documentary Feature Award at Al Ard Film Festival 2026, the Hot Docs 2025 Audience Award for Mid-Length Documentary and Hot Docs Top 20 Audience Favourite, and Honourable Mention for the DOXA 2025 Vancouver Film Studios Award.
Our next festivals and events
- EBS International Documentary Film Festival (EIDF), Korea – theatrical and television screenings beginning August 2026
- Palestine Arts Film Festival, Zurich, Switzerland – September 2026
- Palestine Film Series, Mola di Bari, Italy – September 2026
- SP Food Film Fest, São Paulo, Brazil – Sept-Oct 2026
- Palestine Film Days, Copenhagen – October 2026
- And community screenings in England (thank you Leeds Palestinian Film Festival) and France (thank you Ciné-Palestine Toulouse)
Reach the Aisha’s Story team at:
Instagram: @aishasstoryfilm
Email: thinkinggardenfilms@gmail.com
Aisha’s Story
Documentary Film
“Food is the most precious part of Palestinian heritage.”
Aisha Azzam and her husband started their family grain mill in Baqa’a refugee camp, Jordan, 35 years ago. She treasures her role in safeguarding culture by milling the wheat, grains, and herbs essential to Palestinian cuisine. Through food, Aisha traces the story of Palestinian displacement and rebuilding family and community in a refugee camp. Harvesting, milling, cooking, and feasts ground the film’s arc of displacement, longing, and resistance. In Aisha’s words, “Food is what keeps us together as Palestinians.”
Aisha’s Story intimately captures the loss, beauty, and steadfastness that define Palestinian lives.
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