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At Studio Cinemaغزة تنادي
Gaza Calling
2012
|Documentary
|63'
by Nahed Awwad
[Palestine]
Synopsis
Samer lives in Ramallah in the West Bank. His family lives in Gaza, one hour away. They have not seen each other for six years.
When Mustafa went for a visit to Gaza in 2006, he was 18 years old. He was never allowed to return – his mother Hekmat has been fighting to see him again for seven years now.
Two families torn apart. They share the same “crime”: having a Gaza address on their identity cards. Under Israeli rule, they are considered “infiltrators” in their own country. Their lives have turned into a permanent struggle. Parents can only talk to their sons on the phone; sisters can only see their brothers on the internet – mothers and their children fighting to be together at last…
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Biography
Nahed Awwad is a Palestinian independent filmmaker and film curator who is based in Berlin. She has been working in film and television since 1997. Awwad received professional training in Canada, Qatar and Belgium. She obtained her film diploma from the European Film College in Denmark in 2004 and has since released eight films, including 25 km, Going for Ride?, 5 Minutes from Home, Gaza Calling, and Palestine: Banned in Berlin. All her films are meticulously researched. Awwad's filmmaking ethos is to provide audiences with intimate access to the characters featured in her films. Audiences feel they know, and understand, the protagonists.
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