Tarzan Nasser • Director of Once Upon a Time in Gaza
"Is the hero the one who gets the credit — or the one who endures and adapts to inhuman conditions?"
by Fabien Lemercier, Ana Stanic
CANNES 2025: The Palestinian filmmaker, director of the film alongside with brother Arab, discusses their story of survival, politics and filmmaking set in the Gaza that existed a few years ago
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Palestinian filmmaker Tarzan Nasser, one of the directors of Once Upon a Time in Gaza [+see also:
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