From Ground Zero: Stories from Gaza

From Ground Zero: Stories from Gaza is a staggering achievement. Pulled out of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, after initial acceptance, this newly released film is a testament to the power of art in the face of political suppression. Palestine’s official entry to the 2025 Academy Awards is also a cinematic cry for humanity from a people under siege, facing extreme hunger, systematic destruction and nonstop attack in a genocide still unfolding.

Director Rashid Masharawi brought together 22 short films (3 to 6 minutes long) giving a far-reaching portrait of the past year. Palestinian filmmakers worked inside Gaza, reflecting the complexity of their culture and imagination: fiction, documentary, animation, humour, surrealism, profound grief and poetry. Against all odds, this anthology proclaims that the voices of Palestine – through film, memory and art – are not only alive but cannot be ignored.

Filmmakers: Aws Al-Banna, Ahme d Al-Danf, Basil Al-Maqousi, Mustafa Al-Nabih, Muhammad Alshareef, Ala Ayob, Bashar Al Balbisi, Alaa Damo, Awad Hana, Ahmad Hassunah, Mustafa Kallab, Satoum Kareem, Mahdi Karera, Rabab Khamees, Khamees Masharawi, Wissam Moussa, Tamer Najm, Abu Hasna Nidaa, Damo Nidal, Mahmoud Reema, Etimad Weshah, Islam Al Zrieai. Music: Naseer Shamma, Johanni Curtet, Jabr Al Jajj, Sol Band. Editors: Denis Le Paven, Pauline Eon. Executive Producer: Michael Moore

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Ruskin House, 23 Coombe Road, Croydon, United Kingdom