Dubbed in Arabic, the Oscar winning film Gandhi was premiered in Ramallah on April 6, launching plans to screen the film throughout the Palestinian territories and Arab world.

For the past few weeks Los Angles-based Palestinian director Hanna Elias has been very busy in Ramallah. He has been casting, auditioning and rehearsing with actors who will take part in an important movie.

Controversial Palestinian director Hanna Elias, who made a movie with an Israeli crew, wants to promote nonviolence as a means to ending Israeli settlements and prove the two sides can live together in peace. "Its the only film on which

Nineteen films, including a number from Egypt, Syria, Tunisia and France, have entered the official competition at this years Cairo International Film Festival, participants said.