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WITH HASAN IN GAZA

by Kamal Aljafari

synopsis

Three MiniDV tapes of life in Gaza from 2001 were recently rediscovered. This footage is now a testament to a place and time that no longer exists. What started as a search for a former prison mate from 1989—a man lost to time and war— led to an unexpected road trip from the north to the south of Gaza with Hasan, a local guide whose fate remains unknown. As the camera moves through Gaza’s streets and landscapes, it records fleeting moments of everyday life—fragments of a reality now irreversibly altered. With Hasan in Gaza transforms this forgotten footage into a cinematic reflection on memory, loss and the passage of time, capturing a Gaza of the past and lives that may never be found again.

international title: With Hasan in Gaza
original title: With Hasan in Gaza
country: Palestine, Germany, France, Qatar
year: 2025
genre: fiction
directed by: Kamal Aljafari
film run: 106'
screenplay: Kamal Aljafari
cinematography by: Kamal Aljafari
film editing: Kamal Aljafari
music: Simon Fisher-Turner, Attila Faravelli
producer: Kamal Aljafari
executive producer: Flavia Mazzarino
production: Kamal Aljafari Studio

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