Hana Elias



Hana Elias is a filmmaker, journalist, and amateur wheat farmer working between Palestine and New York. 

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If These Stones Could Talk
Documentary, feature in development




Hana Elias, Director and Editor
Anakha Arikara and Asmahan Bkerat, Producers

Awards and  Labs
 Palestine Film Institute IDA, 2026
Palestine Showcase IDFA, 2025
BRIC Film and TV Residency 2025
Thessaloniki Development award, 2024 
Firelight Documentary Lab fellow 2024

Publicity
 ‘My Stolen Planet’ Wins Top Prize At Thessaloniki Int’l Documentary Festival; Controversial ‘Stray Bodies’ Earns Festival Recognition, Deadline, March 17, 2024

Firelight Media Sets Documentary Lab Fellows For 2024-26, Deadline, November 14, 2024
Hana Elias returns with her father, Nassib, and mother, Maha, to their hometown of Shefa-Amr, where she weaves together a family visual archive while recovering Palestinian land practices erased by occupation. As she uncovers a past that echoes her parents’ present-day choices, Hana begins to discover her family, her identity, and her connection to the land through the eyes of those who came before her.