The renovation was carried out as an international charitable effort intended to encourage a culture of cinema-going for the inhabitants of Jenin by showing films of various genres, including fiction films, documentaries, comedies, children’s films, Arabic classics and contemporary movies. It is planned to have six screenings along with other activities every day. A website has been created to present the various activities of the cinema. Workshops in film making, computers and English will also be offered at the cinema. The German Government (
Auswärtiges Amt) is sponsoring Cinema Jenin with a large donation (press release in German). The Jenin cinema reopened in August 2010. For the grand reopening they showed a movie called
The Heart Of Jenin. In 2011, Maurizio Fantoni Minnella shot
Tonight on Jenin, a documentary about the experience of the cinema and Jenin's inhabitants. The documentary is part of Palestinian Quadrilogy. ==See also==