Hamza is a middle-aged man who refuses to abandon a routine he has kept since his release from Israeli jail; every day, he goes into the woods to hunt a lion that the locals don’t believe exists.
Cast
- Kamel El-Basha
- Ruba Blal
- Motaz Malhes
- Khulood Basel
Crew
- Screenwriter: Majd Kayyal
- Cinematography: Ashraf Dowani
- Editor: Saed Andoni
Original Title: Hamza: Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me
Production Company(ies):
Hiba production
Producer(s):
Hiba Salameh
- Cairo International Film Festival (World Premiere), Egypt
- Cairo Shorts Film Festival, Egypt
- Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market, France
- Reel Palestine Film Festival, UAE
- San Diego Arab Film Festival, US
- Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden
- Festival Cine-Palestine, France
- Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco
- Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada
- Sharm El-Sheikh Film Festival, Egypt
- Amman International Film Festival, Jordan
- Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain
- Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands
- Sultanbeyli International Short Film Competition, Turkey
- Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, Lebanon
- Cinematographic Encounters Palestine: To Film Is To Exist, Switzerland
- Cairo's Netherlands-Flemish Institute, Egypt
- Notre Dame University-Louaize International Film Festival, Lebanon
- Baghdad Film Festival, Iraq
- Al Ard Film Festival, Italy
- First Independent Palestinian Film Festival, Cyprus
- Chicago Palestine Film Festival, USA
- Houston Palestine Film Festival, USA
- Imedghassen Film Festival, Algeria
- Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Amman International Film Festival
- Best Director at Rotterdam Arab Film Festival
- Best Director Award at The Notre Dame University-Louaize International Film Festival