Toronto Palestine Film Festival

Opening Night: Once Upon a Time in Gaza w/ Sounds of Gaza

Expired October 4, 2025 3:55 AM
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Sounds of Gaza
Once Upon a Time in Gaza
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 …
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The small details of daily life are often the most telling. This moving visual and sonic portrait, "Sounds of Gaza", captures the heartbeat of a people surviving 21 months of an ongoing genocide. In the words of writer and poet Dr. Mariam Qawwash, the video gives voice to the injustice, disappointment, and irreparable loss experienced by Palestinians in Gaza.

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  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    6 minutes
  • Country
    Palestine
  • Genre
    Short film
  • Director
    Ahmad Ghrouz
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