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This program explores personal and political stories from Palestine and the diaspora — reflecting on memory, resilience, identity, and everyday life.
Four kids from the refugee camp in Bethlehem decide to visit the sea for the first time in their life.
Director Biography - Ibrahim Handal
Ibrahim Handal is a cinematographer and filmmaker whom graduated in Cinematography in 2019 from Dar Al-Kalima University. He worked as a Cinematographer on several short films: A short film about a Chair (2024 Officially selected in Slamdance) Blood Like Water by Dima Hamdan (2023 Officially selected in Galway Film Fleadh ) A short film about Kids ( 2023 Officially selected in Clermont Ferrand and POFF shorts) Bethlehem 2001 (2020, Officially selected in Locarno, Clermont Ferrand, Busan and many others) AMBIENCE by Wissam Al Jafari (2019, Cannes Cinéfondation winner), SAWSAN (2019), BETWEEN YOU AND ME (2020). He also worked on several feature film productions in Palestine in the camera and lighting departments. Ibrahim is in development of his first feature film.
Director Statement
As a young Palestinian cinematographer born and raised in Bethlehem under occupied territory, the experience of getting to the sea was always one of the rare to go there cause it all depends on the military permission to cross to the occupied land.
Despite the wonderful feeling being next to the sea and having this moment of relaxiation as normal human needs, all the circumstance on the regular basis I don’t think all the time going to sea as I am not allowed to go there under specific military papers, checkpoints and even being checked by any random military on the way to experience what’s called a ‘vacation’
A short film about Kids is light hearted film attempt to reflect on this wonderful moment of these kids from a refugee camp with their desire with all innocent, excitement and even with small unintentional mistakes as little kids trying to go on the occupied part to have a day in the sea as normal humans.
This program explores personal and political stories from Palestine and the diaspora — reflecting on memory, resilience, identity, and everyday life.
Four kids from the refugee camp in Bethlehem decide to visit the sea for the first time in their life.
Director Biography - Ibrahim Handal
Ibrahim Handal is a cinematographer and filmmaker whom graduated in Cinematography in 2019 from Dar Al-Kalima University. He worked as a Cinematographer on several short films: A short film about a Chair (2024 Officially selected in Slamdance) Blood Like Water by Dima Hamdan (2023 Officially selected in Galway Film Fleadh ) A short film about Kids ( 2023 Officially selected in Clermont Ferrand and POFF shorts) Bethlehem 2001 (2020, Officially selected in Locarno, Clermont Ferrand, Busan and many others) AMBIENCE by Wissam Al Jafari (2019, Cannes Cinéfondation winner), SAWSAN (2019), BETWEEN YOU AND ME (2020). He also worked on several feature film productions in Palestine in the camera and lighting departments. Ibrahim is in development of his first feature film.
Director Statement
As a young Palestinian cinematographer born and raised in Bethlehem under occupied territory, the experience of getting to the sea was always one of the rare to go there cause it all depends on the military permission to cross to the occupied land.
Despite the wonderful feeling being next to the sea and having this moment of relaxiation as normal human needs, all the circumstance on the regular basis I don’t think all the time going to sea as I am not allowed to go there under specific military papers, checkpoints and even being checked by any random military on the way to experience what’s called a ‘vacation’
A short film about Kids is light hearted film attempt to reflect on this wonderful moment of these kids from a refugee camp with their desire with all innocent, excitement and even with small unintentional mistakes as little kids trying to go on the occupied part to have a day in the sea as normal humans.