Gaza has always been more than the images through which the world is taught to see it.

Filmed several years before October 2023, Gaza offers an intimate portrait of everyday life in the Strip. Through young people, families, fishermen, musicians, medical workers and others, the film reveals a society living, loving, working and creating under blockade and recurring violence.

Directed by Irish filmmakers Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell, the documentary moves beyond familiar news images to centre the people of Gaza themselves—their humour, relationships, ambitions and determination to build meaningful lives despite the restrictions surrounding them.

At Casa Palestina, we screen Gaza as part of our October programme exploring the history, life and memory of Gaza before and after 7 October 2023.

This is not only a film about survival. It is a film about a people who continue to dream, create and insist on life.

Duration: 92 minutes

Language: Palestinian Arabic

Subtitles: English