Once Upon a Time In Gaza

By Tarzan & Arab Nasser

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…

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Festivals & Awards

Cannes Film Festival 2025 – Best Directors in Un Certain Regard

Melbourne International Film Festival 2025 – Official Selection – Program Africa & Middle East

Rome Film Fest 2025 – BEST OF

FilmFest Hamburg 2025 –

Helsinki International Film Festival 2025 (HIFF) – Love & Anarchy

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

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