From Ground Zero

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The Ground Zero project was launched by Rashid Masharawi, a Palestinian filmmaker from Gaza, during the war that broke out after the attacks of October 7, 2023. The project was born out of the realization that the voices of Gazans are rarely heard, that it is necessary to document their experiences in order to preserve their memory, and that the history of the occupation of Palestine cannot be rewritten without taking into account the experiences of Palestinians, particularly those in Gaza. In this context, it is not easy to imagine a flourishing creative space, and yet it exists. The Gaza Strip has its artistic talents, and nothing should stop them from creating. This is how the idea of composing a 60-minute film with about twenty very short stories, averaging three minutes each, was born. This allows for a multiplicity of viewpoints, ensures the feasibility of filming, which is necessarily short and scattered throughout the Gaza Strip, and illustrates creative fertility by borrowing from different genres: fiction, documentary, docu-fiction, animation, and even experimental film.