After working together for a number of years, EAF has partnered more officially with Falastin Film Festival for the final weekend (27—30 August), bringing a dedicated focus on Palestinian and Lebanese artists and filmmakers. The programme foregrounds cultural production as a vital act of witness and solidarity with four days of screenings at the Filmhouse, plus in-conversations and events creating space for reflection, connection, and solidarity.

Lawrence Abu Hamdan is an artist and sound investigator whose work probes the hidden politics of listening, exploring how sound shapes memory, testimony, and justice. Zifzafa, presented as a performance in Leith, transforms the act of listening into an encounter: whispers, echoes, and sonic traces fill the space, tracing the intimate and the political, the personal and the systemic. The performance will be presented in partnership with The Common Guild in Glasgow, who will present the Exhibition iteration of Zifzafa (20 Aug––12 Sep 2026).

Majazz Project and Palestinian Sound Archive, led by artist Mo’min Swaitat, brings its celebration of music, spoken word and album artwork from historic Palestine to a festival-long installation at the Palestine Museum. The installation and accompanying listening parties will give audiences a chance to experience Swaitat’s extensive archive of records from Palestine and beyond, spanning everything from field recordings of Bedouin weddings to revolutionary albums from the First and Second Intifadas, instrumental tracks, poetry, soul, folk songs and jazz.

Stay tuned for the full programme launched on 28 May.