Feature film
Gaza Mon Amour by twin brothers
Tarzan and
Arab Nasser shall screen in Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania, on November 16
th, and 19
th, 2021. In collaboration with Institut Français Maroc, and parallel with the release of the film in Moroccan theaters that took place in the beginning of November this year; This is part of the film’s tour across the Arab world, where it previously had a 2-month screening at Zawya Cinema in Egypt, and a 3-week screening at Cinema Akil in UAE.
Recently,
Gaza Mon Amour opened the
Amman International Film Festival and nabbed the
Critics’ Choice Award at the
Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland. The film
was Palestine's official submission to the
Oscars, and it received the
Best Actress award and the
Best Feature film at the
Critics Awards for Arab Films, an initiative organized by the
Arab Cinema Center. The film also won multiple international awards, including the
Best Actor Prize for
Salim Daw at the
Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, the
NETPAC award at the
Toronto International Film Festival, the
Best Film award and
Special Mention at the
Cairo International Film Festival, the
Best Actor award at the
Antalya Film Festival and the
Best Film and
Best Script awards at the
Valladolid International Film Festival.
The film landed its world premiere at
Venice International Film Festival and took part in several prestigious international film festivals including,
The Chicago International Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival and
Berlinale Co-Production Market, 2019.
Gaza, today, sixty-year-old fisherman
Issa is secretly in love with
Siham, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, Issa discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities discover the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for Issa…Will he succeed to declare his love to Siham?
Directed by the
Nasser brothers,
Gaza Mon Amour features an all-star cast, including
Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abdelhadi, Georges Iskandar, Hitham Al Omari, and
Manal Awad.
The film is produced by the French company
Les Films du Tambour (delegate producer), in a co-production with
Riva Filmproduktion (Germany),
ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel and in collaboration with
ARTE (Germany),
Ukbar Filmes (Portugal),
Made in Palestine Project (Palestine), and
Jordan Pioneers. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.
Twins Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza, Palestine, in 1988. They studied
Fine Arts at Al-Aqsa University and became passionate about cinema and paintings. They directed
Condom Lead (15 min, 2013), which got selected in the Official Competition at the
Cannes Film Festival 2013. Their first feature film,
Dégradé (85 min, 2014), made its world premiere at the
Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique 2015, and also screened at the 2015
Toronto International Film Festival.
Gaza Mon Amour is their second feature film.