The roller, the life, the fight (2024)

Origin: Belgium | Documentary | Director: Elettra Bisogno, Hazem Alqaddi | 83 minutes

Hazem arrives in Belgium after a painful journey from Gaza. At the same time, Elettra arrives in Brussels to study documentary film. Their first moments together reveal a triggering desire to know each other, the camera becomes the tool they share for understanding. Through the images of their lives, we are plunged into the meeting of two worlds. The displacements they endure strengthen their wish to resist a divided society; the act of recording is a commitment to justice. Being confronted to the rigidity of Hazem’s asylum procedure, they embark on an exile, an inner migration to reach a place where gazes are softer and more just.

Screened at London Palestine Film Festival 2024

Review: https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/463326


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