Once Upon a Time in Gaza
a film by
Tarzan & Arab Nasser
90 mins /
Comedy, Drama
France, Palestine, Germany, Portugal with Qatar and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
In 2007 Gaza, a young student named Yahya forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they begin peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but they are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego.
Cast
- Nader Abd Alhay
- Ramzi Maqdisi
- Majd Eid
Crew
- Scriptwriters: Tarzan and Arab Nasser, in collaboration with Amer Nasser and Marie Legrand
- Cinematographer: Christophe Graillot
- Editor: Sophie Reine
- Sound: Tim Stephan, Rolan Vajs
Original Title: Once Upon a Time in Gaza
Production Company(ies):
Producer(s):
Production Company(ies):
Les Films du Tambour
Producer(s):
- Rani Massalha
- Marie Legrand
- Muriel Merlin
- Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard, France (World Premiere)
- Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia
- Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt (Arab World premiere at the international competition)
- Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland
- Brussels International Film Festival, Belgium
- Athens Palestine Film Festival, Greece
- Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
- Mill Valley Film Festival, the USA
- Sarajevo Film Festival
- Toronto Palestine Film Festival, Canada ( Opening film)
- Helsinki International Film Festival –Rakkautta & Anarkiaa, Finland
- London Palestine Film Festival, the UK
- Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece
- Filmfest Hamburg, Germany
- IFFMH – Filmfestival Mannheim gGmbH, Germany
- Festival International de Cine de Morelia, Mexico
- Mostra - São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil
- Gijón/Xixón International Film Festival, Spain
- Rome Film Festival, Italy
- Arab Film Festival in San Francisco
- DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival, the USA
- Doha Film Festival, Qatar
- Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco
Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival, France
