Selected Film
Three stories from Gaza A film that monitors aspects of the diary of a besieged city The film "Stories from Gaza" monitors aspects of the events that took place in the 2012 Gaza war during the 8-day Israeli occupation. The film, which is of a short documentary type, tells the story of journalist Emad and the stories he lived and documented as an archive during the war, and how he faced difficulties and dangers during the period. In which he depicted the story of the two children "Rham" and "Nader" who died as a result of the Israeli bombing of the besieged city. The film embodies 3 stories that took place in 2012 in the Gaza war. In addition to the story of the photographer Imad Badwan, one of the stories tells about the 8-year-old girl, Reham, who was playing with her companions in front of her family’s house. In Gaza, half an hour after Reham was martyred, a child named Nader was martyred while he was going to get food for his seven brothers after they had been without food for three days. He was hit by a missile strike in front of the grocery store. He contacted this journalist to agree on the completion of a film that tells of his stories that he documented during the Gaza war, but the completion of the film was delayed until 2020, and it was an opportunity, he says, to document the changes and transformations that took place during the eight years. The young director pointed out that his film "Stories from Gaza", which is a joint work between Sweden and Palestine, Gaza, is a rather strange documentaries in terms of handling and photography. The director, who lives in Sweden, revealed that journalist Badwan was working on a TV channel and documenting what he saw and experienced, and in the year 2020, he was asked - as he says - to visit the father of the child who was martyred while he was going to secure food for his siblings and find out the family's situation and what happened with them during the years following the child's death He found that Abu Nader had given birth to another child, named after his martyred child, and his living conditions had improved. He explained to the journalist that he had tried to communicate with some institutions and humanitarian organizations to help him and demand the right of his son, but to no avail. The film was exposed to many dangers while documenting the events. One day, a shell fell near it and was hit by shrapnel. He was taken to the hospital. Later, it was filmed playing with the children of Gaza in the streets and alleys to create an atmosphere of optimism and hope in the conditions of war, especially that we are accustomed - as he says - to films It begins with the war and ends without a window of hope, so I want the film to summarize the 8 years that Gaza lived in, in addition to the journalist’s biography and how it developed later. The state of chaos in the city and the lives of its people and the life of journalist Imad Badwan as he faced difficulties and dangers, and this journalist had no way to show his archive, which he photographed during the years of siege and war. Screenplay and Directed by: Mohamed Khamis Prepared and presented by: Adnan Abu Shakra Produced by: Emad Badwan
Duration: 00:21:45
Country of Origin: Palestine, State of
Language: Arabic, English
Director(s): Mohammed Khamis
Writer(s): Mohammed Khamis
Producer(s): Emad Badwan, Eva Bartlett
Key Cast: Mohammed Khamis, Adnan Abu chakra
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