Origin: Belgium | Documentary | Director: Elettra Bisogno | 16 minutes

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Exhausted by a painful voyage from Gaza, Hazem, a young rollerblader, catches his breath in Brussels. He takes us along in his world of rage and love as he recounts his journey, fragmented by spectral images and trembling scenes and tied together by the anger and heartache of being separated from Gaza.

From the very first minutes of the short feature, you get the impression the narrator/protagonists is overwhelmed by the constant stream of images and memories which he has collected over time. Episodes of his childhood, of hanging out with friends and the recurring image of the tunnel as well as the Israel-Gaza barrier define many of these moment, interrupted by a sequence in which the camera follows two children rollerskating, a welcome distraction in between these at times deeply disturbing images. Even though Bisogno’s feature is by definition open-ended, posing question rather than providing answers, you might get an idea of the experience of being ripped away from your home and a life you have become accustomed to.

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