Gazen Tales (82)* | Berlin

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Documentary, director: Mahmoud Nabil Ahmed, Palestine/Tunisia, 2024, 82 min, AR with En st.

This sensitive observational documentary that wrapped production on the eve of October 7 is the result of a filmmakers’ workshop that took place in Gaza in 2023. Unique in its timing, the film sets out as a touching study on masculinity through four portraits of amusing characters who represent different ways of life in Gaza. However, it unexpectedly ends up doubling as a captivating time capsule; Gazan Tales is perhaps one of the last records of the Strip before the eruption of all-out genocidal war. The film intimately follows its characters’ daily lives under siege as they navigate existential angst and survival through a culture of constant adaptation and endurance. They lean on music, animals, the beach, and each other.

This low budget collective effort is a raw and unflinching celebration of life in the face of so much devastating violence. It screened at the 2024 Cairo International Film Festival and is being presented here for the first time to a Berlin audience.

Followed by a film talk with Mahmoud Nabil Ahmed.

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16th ALFILM - Arab Film Festival Berlin Taking place between the 23rd - 30th of April 2025  at HAU Hebbel am Ufer, City Kino Wedding, Kino in der KulturBrauerei, SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA, Wolf Kino, Spore Initiative and Gretchen, the 16th edition of ALFILM features a wide selection of feature films, documentaries, and short films, while masterclasses, panel discussions, talks, special screenings, and a closing party round off the varied programme. As in previous years, the festival promises audiences a cinematic experience of artistic merit and relevance to timely issues across two program sections. ALFILM Selection highlights the richness of the contemporary Arab cinema landscape with film productions from the past two years. In ALFILM Spotlight Canceled Futures, Endless Pasts: Speculative Fiction on and Archival Subversions of the (Post)colonial Condition, the genre of speculative fiction and the subversive use of the archive are at the centre of an artistic examination of the (post)colonial entanglements of the Arab region. Complete programme at https://alfilm.berlin/.

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