Still from From Ground Zero
From Ground Zero من المسافة صفر // post-screening conversation with Hazem Jamjoum
anthology film by 22 Palestinian directors | 2024 | total Running time: 151m | book ticketspost-screening conversation with Hazem JamjoumFrom Ground Zero is a collection of 22 short films made in Gaza during the ongoing genocide. Initiated by Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi, the project was born to give a voice to 22 Gazan filmmakers to tell the untold stories of the current war on film. Despite the harsh filming conditions, Gaza's vibrant artistic scene shines through this collection, offering an intimate and powerful portrait of daily life and the enduring spirit of its people.
Anthology by Rashi Masharawi Film Fund of 22 Palestinian directors: Aws Al-Banna, Ahmed 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.
Genre: Documentary, Fiction, Docu-Fiction, Animation, Experimental
year of release: 2024
Original Language: arabic (English subtitles)
Age suitability: 18+
Content warning: depictions of violence, destruction, and daily life of Gazans amidst the ongoing genocide
aBOUT THE GUESTHazem Jamjoum is a Palestinian historian and translator. He is an editor with Maqam Editions, a newly established publishing house in London. He was the communications officer of the Badil Resource Centre for Refugee and Residency Rights (Bethlehem) and the chief editor of al-Majdal magazine from 2008-2011. His translation of Ghassan Kanafani’s The Revolution of 1936–1939 in Palestine was recently published by 1804 Books (New York), and his translation of Maya Abu al-Hayyat’s novel No One Knows Their Blood Type was published by the CSU Poetry Centre in October 2024.
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