Origin: U.K., Palestine | Documentary | Director: Izdihar Afyouni, Gelare Khoshgozaran | 11 minutes

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all that appears solid is built on blood.

This movie takes a segment from a 2023 video and engages each frame individually. The blood acts as a layer of protection while at times obscuring and tinting the image, the people and the land, creating its own register of time passing. The blood-trenched frames come together in a new montage overlaid with reflections by Gazan writer and poet Ahmad Al-Shaer and a composition by Palestinian musician Bint Mbareh. Through the cadence of Al-Shaer's words and Mbareh's music, the film creates an experience of time that pays homage to the militant time-keeping of Gazan journalists and documentarians.

Content guidance: contains imagery of mass graves and the aftermath of violence.