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With Hasan in Gaza

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Constructed from three MiniDV tapes shot in Gaza in 2001 and rediscovered years later, the film transforms recovered footage into a profound cinematic meditation on memory, loss, and the passage of time. Originally conceived as a search for a former prison mate from 1989, the film unfolds into an unexpected road trip from the north to the south of Gaza with Hasan, a local guide whose fate remains unknown. As the camera moves through Gaza's streets and landscapes, it records fleeting moments of everyday life--fragments of a reality now irreversibly altered. With Hasan in Gaza throws mainstream images of a people displaced into relief through the traces of absence bygone time evokes.

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Richard Brody The New Yorker 3d
The result is an audiovisual restoration of places and ways of life obliterated by Israel’s war of destruction. Go to Full Review Marya E. Gates RogerEbert.com 6d
4/4
Aljafari crafts a film about resilience and about love. A film that centers on community and family, finding strength in this communion despite all the horrors that must be endured. Go to Full Review Ben Kenigsberg New York Times May 28
While there is value in any documentary evidence of this time and place, Aljafari’s allusive approach seems ill-matched with the urgency of his subject matter. Go to Full Review Erik Reeds Spectrum Culture 1d
As with many of the great Palestinian films of the last few years, With Hasan in Gaza is able to capture the frustration and hopelessness that many have felt in the region for decades, if not their entire lives. Go to Full Review Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru 2d
An immersive, timely, haunting and heartbreaking documentary. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C @bob25009 6d Real footage in 1 hour and 52 minutes. See more Read all reviews
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Kamal Aljafari

Director

Kamal Aljafari

Writer

Kamal Aljafari

Producer

Kamal Aljafari

Cinematographer

Kamal Aljafari

Film Editor

Simon Fisher-Turner

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Movie Info

Synopsis Constructed from three MiniDV tapes shot in Gaza in 2001 and rediscovered years later, the film transforms recovered footage into a profound cinematic meditation on memory, loss, and the passage of time. Originally conceived as a search for a former prison mate from 1989, the film unfolds into an unexpected road trip from the north to the south of Gaza with Hasan, a local guide whose fate remains unknown. As the camera moves through Gaza's streets and landscapes, it records fleeting moments of everyday life--fragments of a reality now irreversibly altered. With Hasan in Gaza throws mainstream images of a people displaced into relief through the traces of absence bygone time evokes.
Director
Kamal Aljafari
Producer
Kamal Aljafari
Screenwriter
Kamal Aljafari
Distributor
The Cinema Guild
Production Co
Kamal Aljafari Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Arabic
Release Date (Theaters)
May 29, 2026, Limited
Runtime
1h 52m