With: Nader Abd Alhay, Ramzi Maqdisi, Majd Eid
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…
Festivals & Awards
Cannes Film Festival 2025 – Best Directors in Un Certain Regard
Melbourne International Film Festival 2025 – Official Selection – Program Africa & Middle East
Mostra – 49th São Paulo International Film Festival
Helsinki International Film Festival 2025 (HIFF) – Love & Anarchy
FilmFest Hamburg 2025
Warsaw Film Festival 2025
Rome Film Fest 2025 – BEST OF
38th European Film Awards (EFA) – Feature Film Selection
Cairo Film Festival – Silver Pyramid for Best Director, Best Actor for Majd Eid, & Best Arab Feature Film Award
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival 2025
Doha Film Festival 2025 – Best Performance Award for Majd Eid and Nader Abd Alhay
Press
Brigitta PORTIER [email protected]
“Their latest work, Once Upon a Time in Gaza (…) does have a few things in common with Quentin Tarantino in its TV-show-within-a-movie plot”
The Hollywood Reporter
“Satirical, resonant follow-up to Gaza, Mon Amour”
SCREEN DAILY
“Great narrative freedom”
CINEUROPA
“A powerful ode to Palestinian resilience”
THE NATIONAL NEWS
