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The Colour of Olives World Premier was held at the Sala Julio Bracho in the Centro Cultural Universitario, Mexico City,
on 24 February 2006. 

Since then the film has been screened or selected to be screened at more than seventy festivals, in more than twenty countries on six continents (details below). Click on flags to link to pending festivals.

If you would like to organise a screening in the U.S.A or Canada, please contact Arab Film Distribution. In Australia or New Zealand contact Ayman Ouda. All other territories contact Daoud Sarhandi.

 
     
2009 Red Alternativa de Exhibición de Docs.
Mexico 15 screenings between:
25-28 November 2009
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  De Rasgos Árabe
Mexico City 10 November 2009
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  Fiesta de la Cultura Iberoamericana
Holguín 24-28 October 2009
    Amal Euro Arab Film Festival
Santiago de Compostela 27 October 2009
    North of Nowhere Expo: Festival of Independent Media & Underground Art
Edmonton 25 October 2009
    International Human Rights Film Festival
Mexico City 14, 17 August 2009
  South Korea Premier Seoul Human Rights Film Festival
Seoul 6, 12 June 2009
  Germany Screening Premier Intl. Women's Film Festival Dortmund | Köln
Dortmund &
Köln 22 April 2009
    Amnesty International
Santiago de Compostela 26 March 2009
  Syria Premier Dox Box 09
Damascus 8 March 2009
    Casa Arabé
Madrid 16, 27 February 2009
  Iran Premier Fajr Intl. Film Festival
Fajr 1-11 February 2009
  Cinémathèque québécoise
Montreal 16 January 2009
2008 Peace & Human Rights Intl. Fim Festival
Valencia & Barcelona November-December 2008
  360 Et Meme Plus
Marseille 15 November 2008
  World Press Photo 08
Mexico City
9 November 2008
  Brasilia Intl. Film Festival
Brasilia 30 October; 1, 5 November 2008
Lebanon Premier Beirut Intl. Film Festival
Beirut 27 October 2008
Czech Republic Premier Association of Czech Film Clubs
Uherské Hradiště 31 July 2008
Georgetown University
Center for Contemporary Arab Studies

Washington DC 30 July 2008
Taiwan Premier Taipei Film Festival
Taipei 24 June, 2 July 2008
Ecuador Premier Ocho y Medio: Cine del Exilio
Quito 22, 26 June 2008
60 Years Israel - 60 Years Nakba
Bern 15, 16 May 2008
Festival of the Memory
Tepoztlan 13, 14 May 2008
Sweden Premier Tema Palestina
Malmö 21 April 2008
  Cuba Premier Intl. Non-Budget Film Festival
Gibara 14-20 April 2008
  Voices Against The Silence
Mexico City
8 April 2008
Wellesley College
Wellesley, Massachusettes 6 April 2008
Croatia Premier ZagrebDox
Zagreb
27 February, 2 March 2008
2007 1st Documentary Tour of Mexico City
Mexico City
13 December 2008
Simultaneous screenings in 19 venues throughout Mexico City.
  Switzerland Premier Kino in der Reitschule
Lausanna
8 December; Bern15, 21 December 2007
  Docudays (POSTPONED DUE TO POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN LEBANON)
Beirut 2-9 December 2007
France Premier Middle East: What Can Cinema Do?
Paris 21 November 2007
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island 12 November 2007
Seattle University
Seattle, Washington 11 November 2007
Regent Park Film Festival
Toronto 8 November 2007
Cancún Intl. Film Festival
Cancún 9 November 2007
Union Docs
Brooklyn, New York 4 November 2007
Boston Palestine Film Festival
Boston, Massachusettes
5 October 2007
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition Film Series
San Francisco, California
4 October 2007
DOCSDF
Mexico City Intl. Documentary Film Festival 
Mexico City
28, 30 September; 2 October 2007
  Russia Premier Golden Minbar
Kazan, Tatarstan
8 September 2007
Global Calls Against Poverty
Brasilia 18 August 2007
India Premier Osians Cinefan Festival
New Delhi 22 July 2007
Israel Premier Jerusalem Intl. Film Festival
Jerusalem 11 July 2007
Views of the Middle East: National Film Theatre
Mexico City 28, 29 June 2007
Greece Premier Rodos Ecofilms Intl. Films & Visual Arts Festival
Rodos
19 June 2007
Oceania Premier: Australia Melbourne Palestine Film Festival
Melbourne
16 June 2007
40 Years Too Long: End the Israeli Occupation
Central Cinema

Seattle, Washington
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 June 2007
Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers
Minneapolis, Minnesota
21 May 2007
La Enana Marrón
Madrid
18 May 2007
Movies That Matter
Calgary
14 May 2007
U.K. Premier London Palestine Film Festival
London
9 May 2007
New Orleans Intl. Human Rights Film Festival
New Orleans, Louisiana
20 April 2007
La Enana Marrón
Madrid
15, 19 April 2007
Reelworld Seventh Annual Film Festival
Toronto
13 April 2007
Tunisia Premier Doc a Tunis
Tunis
6 April 2007
Day of the Earth Palestine 1976-2007
Malaga
29 March 2007
Montreal Human Rights Film Festival
Montreal
26 March 2007
Finland Premier Lens Politica Film & Media Art Festival
Helsinki
24 March 2007
It's All True Intl. Documentary Film Festival        
Rio de Janeiro 20, 22 March 2007
A special screening of four 2006 festival entries.
Africa Premier:
Botswana
7th Annual Human Rights Film Festival
Gabarone
19 March 2007
Loyola University Chicago Intl. Women's Film Festival
Chicago, Illinois
17 March 2007
FICCO Intl. Festival of Contemporary Cinema
Mexico City
22, 24, 26, 27 February; 1, 4 March 2007
  Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Missoula, Montana
15 February 2007
Sesame Middle East Film Festival
Olympia, Washington 13 February 2007
Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival
Victoria
6, 11 February 2007
2006 Middle East Premier:
United Arab Emirates
Dubai Intl. Film Festival
Dubai 15, 17 December 2006
United Nations Intl. Day of Solidarity with the
Palestinian People

New York, New York 29 November 2006
Speakers: the Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Security Council.
Forumdoc
Belo Horizonte
29 November 2006
Canada Premier Rencontres Internacionales du Documentaire 
de Montreal 

Montreal
17, 19 November 2006
l'Alternativa Barcelona Independent Film Festival
Barcelona
11 November 2006
Documentary and Animated Film Festival (Market)
Leipzig
30 October-5 November 2006
Palestinian Concern Group
Seattle, Washington
20, 30 October 2006
Argentina Premier Intl. Festival of Independent Cinema
Mar del Plata
21, 24, 27, 29 October 2006
Scandinavia Premier: Norway Bergen Intl. Film Festival
Bergen
24, 25 October 2006
Spain Premier Docúpolis Barcelona Intl. Documentary Festival
Barcelona
7 October 2006
Expresión en Corto Intl. Film Festival
San Miguel Allende
25 July 2006
Female Film 
Two Boots Pioneer Theatre

New York, New York 12-18, 30 July; 12 August 2006
Intl. Exhibition of Women in Film and Television
Mexico City 21 June 2006
Acapulco Intl. Film Festival
Acapulco 1, 4 June 2006
Panorama de Cine Mexicano 2006
Mexico City 17 May 2006
Femina Intl. Women's Film Festival  
Rio de Janeiro 3 May 2006
South America Premier:
Brazil
It's All True Intl. Documentary Film Festival        
São Paulo 25, 29 March 2006

Rio de Janeiro 1 April 2006
Selected for festival highlight screenings in:
Brasília 9 April 2006
Campinas 25 April 2006
U.S.A. Premier The Seattle Arab and Iranian Film Festival  
Seattle, Washington
2 April 2006
Europe Premier:
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Sarajevo Intl. Winter Festival
Sarajevo 9 March 2006