Origin: France, Palestine, Germany, Portugal, Qatar, Jordan | Fiction | Director: Arab and Tarzan Nasser | 90 minutes

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Gaza, 2007. Yahya, a young student, forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they start peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but they are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego…

Festivals:
Palestinian Film Festival Amsterdam 2025
DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival 2025
Festival du film franco-arabe de Noisy-le-Sec
Chicago Palestine Film Festival 2026: https://www.palestinefilmfest.com/schedule/once-upon-a-time-in-gaza

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