Aws Al-Banna Ahmed Al-Danf Basil Al-Maqousi Mustafa Al-Nabih Muhammad Alshareef Ala Ayob Bashar Al Balbisi Alaa Damo Awad Hana Ahmad Hassunah Mustafa Kallab Satoum Kareem Mahdi Karera Rabab Khamees Khamees Masharawi Wissam Moussa Tamer Najm Abu Hasna Nidaa Damo Nidal Mahmoud Reema Etimad Weshah Islam Al Zrieai
Masharawi Fund For Films & Filmmakers in Gaza Coorigines Production Metafora Production Sharjah Art Foundation International Media Support Akka Films The Royal Film Commission Doha Film Institute
Release date
July 5, 2024 (2024-07-05) (Amman)
Running time
112 minutes
Countries
Palestine France Qatar Jordan United Arab Emirates
From Ground Zero (Arabic: قصص غير محكية من غزة من المسافة صفر, romanized: qiṣaṣ ghayr maḥkiyya min Ghazza min al-masāfa ṣifr, lit. 'Untold stories of Gaza's Ground Zero') is a 2024 anthology film directed by 22 different Palestinian directors.[1] The film is made up of 22 short films, including documentaries, fiction, animation and experimental films about the current situation of the people of Gaza in the midst of the Israel-Hamas War.[2]
After the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, film director Rashid Masharawi founded the Masharawi Fund for Cinema and Filmmakers in Gaza with the purpose of supporting young Palestinian filmmakers to express themselves and tell their stories through cinema.[6] Masharawi supported the production and post-production of the 22 short films that make up From Ground Zero filmed in different parts of the Gaza Strip at the end of 2023.[7]
Release
The film was scheduled to have its world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, but was pulled because organizers wanted to keep politics out of the festival.[8] In response, Masharawi held a projection outside the place as a sign of protest.[9] It had its world premiere on July 5, 2024, at the 5th Amman International Film Festival,[10] then screened in mid-July 2024 at the 70th Taormina Film Festival,[11] on September 9, 2024, at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival[12] and on September 28, 2024, at the 17th Toronto Palestine Film Festival.[13]
