ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA
Feature Film Selection 2026
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1h 29m
France, Palestine, Germany, Portugal, Qatar, Jordan
Fiction
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 …
Written & directed by: Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser
Produced by: Rani Massalha, Muriel Merlin, Marie Legrand
Cinematography: Christophe Graillot
Editing: Sophie Reine, Roland Vajs
Production Design: Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser
Costume Design: Hamada Atallah
Original Score: Amine Bouhafa
Sound: Tim Stephan
Visual Effects: Jorge Carvalho
Cast: Nader Abd Alhay (Yahya), Ramzi Maqdisi (Abou Sami), Majd Eid (Osama)
Production:
Les Films Du Tambour
https://www.facebook.com/p/Les-Films-du-Tambour-100057368002273/?locale=fr_FR
World Sales:
The Party Film Sales
https://www.thepartysales.com/
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