Join a community screening which highlights the hope and joy of creativity, amid adversity.
In feature documentary 'One More Show', we follow the Free Gaza Circus as they are displaced by genocide but continue to perform for children across Gaza. Short film 'Soft Skin' reveals the making of an stop motion animation film, with children telling their everyday stories of life under Israel's bombardment.
After the screenings, please stay for discussion and a community meal (vegan and halal with gluten free options).
This event has been kindly supported by Dundee Nablus Twinning Association.
About the films
Soft Skin
(Khamis Masharawi, 2024, 8mins)
Children in Gaza live under the constant threat of injury, death and displacement due to Israel's actions. Soft Skin is a short film that reveals the steps that mothers are forced to take in case the worst should happen, and the psychological impact it has on their children. 'Soft Skin' is part of 'From Ground Zero', a collection of 22 short films made in Gaza, initiated by Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi to tell the untold stories of the current war.
One More Show
(Mai Saad & Ahmed Eldanaf, 2025, 74mins)
Amidst the devastation of the genocide carried by Israel in Gaza, a group of circus performers refuse to let despair take centre stage. 'One More Show' follows The Free Gaza troupe – Youssef, Batout, Ismail, Mohamed and Just – after being displaced from northern to southern Gaza, as they turn their craft into an act of defiance, resilience, and hope. As death hovers in the background, the troupe performs for children in shelters and on the streets, offering moments of joy in the darkest of times.
Content notes for both films: themes of displacement, war and bombing, childhood trauma, death, small amount of blood/gore.
About Falastin Film Festival
This event is part of Falastin Film Festival, happening across Dundee and Fife from 24-27 September. Celebrate Palestinian cinema and culture in a programme of films, talks, workshops and performance co-curated by Art Workers for Palestine Dundee. Gather to mobilise against Zionist colonisation while learning from Palestinian resistance, cultural pride, stories of love, and, in the words of poet Rafeef Ziadah, teachings of life.
Schedule of event
6pm - Arrival and Introductions
6:10pm - Film screening
7:30pm - Food and conversation
8:30pm - Event closes
We are a group of art workers organising for Palestinian liberation wthin Dundee and the surrounding area. We organise film screenings, discussions, workshops and gatherings for raising consciousness, mobilising cultural workers and holding complicit institutions to account.
Know MoreJoin a community screening which highlights the hope and joy of creativity, amid adversity.
In feature documentary 'One More Show', we follow the Free Gaza Circus as they are displaced by genocide but continue to perform for children across Gaza. Short film 'Soft Skin' reveals the making of an stop motion animation film, with children telling their everyday stories of life under Israel's bombardment.
After the screenings, please stay for discussion and a community meal (vegan and halal with gluten free options).
This event has been kindly supported by Dundee Nablus Twinning Association.
About the films
Soft Skin
(Khamis Masharawi, 2024, 8mins)
Children in Gaza live under the constant threat of injury, death and displacement due to Israel's actions. Soft Skin is a short film that reveals the steps that mothers are forced to take in case the worst should happen, and the psychological impact it has on their children. 'Soft Skin' is part of 'From Ground Zero', a collection of 22 short films made in Gaza, initiated by Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi to tell the untold stories of the current war.
One More Show
(Mai Saad & Ahmed Eldanaf, 2025, 74mins)
Amidst the devastation of the genocide carried by Israel in Gaza, a group of circus performers refuse to let despair take centre stage. 'One More Show' follows The Free Gaza troupe – Youssef, Batout, Ismail, Mohamed and Just – after being displaced from northern to southern Gaza, as they turn their craft into an act of defiance, resilience, and hope. As death hovers in the background, the troupe performs for children in shelters and on the streets, offering moments of joy in the darkest of times.
Content notes for both films: themes of displacement, war and bombing, childhood trauma, death, small amount of blood/gore.
About Falastin Film Festival
This event is part of Falastin Film Festival, happening across Dundee and Fife from 24-27 September. Celebrate Palestinian cinema and culture in a programme of films, talks, workshops and performance co-curated by Art Workers for Palestine Dundee. Gather to mobilise against Zionist colonisation while learning from Palestinian resistance, cultural pride, stories of love, and, in the words of poet Rafeef Ziadah, teachings of life.
Schedule of event
6pm - Arrival and Introductions
6:10pm - Film screening
7:30pm - Food and conversation
8:30pm - Event closes
We are a group of art workers organising for Palestinian liberation wthin Dundee and the surrounding area. We organise film screenings, discussions, workshops and gatherings for raising consciousness, mobilising cultural workers and holding complicit institutions to account.
Know More