WITH HASAN IN GAZA
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 |