Edward Said: Between Worlds
Focus on Palestine
Followed by Q&A
107 min | Documentary | 2026 | United States, Qatar | English, Arabic | English Subs
Schedule
Nov 18, 2026 | 12:30 PM
Synopsis:
Twenty years after his death, renowned Palestinian-American scholar, intellectual, and activist Edward Said is given voice through sweeping archival footage and recordings to recount the untold history of Palestine. In the first documentary made with full access to the Said family and estate, director Maiken Baird (VENUS AND SERENA, HIFF 2012) traces his political awakening, personal struggles, and lifelong reckoning with exile across seven decades. Equal parts spellbinding and urgent, EDWARD SAID: BETWEEN WORLDS unearths never-before-seen family archives, home movies, television appearances, lectures, and rare materials from Columbia University, to ask who has the right to tell their own story.
Director
Maiken Baird
Maiken Baird is a Danish-American film director and producer. Baird directed the films Venus and Serena and Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich for Netflix. Baird was an EP of the Academy Award-winning film Icarus and produced Tantura (Sundance ’22) and Folktales (Sundance ’25). She is also an EP on the acclaimed new Palestinian feature All That’s Left of You (Sundance ’25), an epic multi generational story of exile. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Credits
Director:
Maiken Baird
Sarah Mowaswes
Razan Ghalayini
Maiken Baird
Producer:
Editing:
Jay Arthur Sterrenberg
Plummy Tucker
R.A. Fedde
Composer:
Kareem Roustom