Once Upon a Time in Gaza (2025)
Drama | 90m | Un Certain Regard 2025
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——
PREMIERE
May 19 - 11.00 - Salle Debussy
OFFICIAL SCREENING
May 20 - 13:15 - Salle Bazin
CATCH-UP SCREENINGS
May 20 - 14:00 - Le Cineum Aurore
May 21 - 09:15 - Le Cineum Screen X
Arab & Tarzan Nasser
Twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza in 1988 and started their filmmaking careers with their Cannes-selected short CONDOM LEAD before making their first feature film, DÉGRADÉ, which premiered in the 68th Cannes’ Critics’ Week. Their second feature, GAZA MON AMOUR, premiered in the Orrizonti Section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival and was Palestine’s submission to the 93rd Academy Awards.
With
Issaq Elias (The Director), Nader Abd Alhay (Yahya), Ramzi Maqdisi (Abou Sami), Majd Eid (Osama)
Screenplay
Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser, Marie Legrand, Amer Nasser
Cinematography
Christophe Graillot
Music
Amine Bouhafa
Production
LES FILMS DU TAMBOUR
102 Quai Louis Blériot,
75016
PARIS France rani@filmsdutambour.com
JORDAN PIONEERS MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION
Box 3034-11181
11181
AMMAN Jordan khaled@jordanpioneers.com jordanpioneers.com
SLATE FILMS
9 Greek Street
W1D 4DQ
LONDON United Kingdom info@potboiler.co.uk www.slatefilms.com
MADE IN PALESTINE PROJECT Palestine
Production Design
Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser
Editing
Sophie Reine
Sound
Roland Vajs, Tim Stephan
French Press
MATILDE INCERTI
Matilde INCERTI matilde.incerti@free.fr
International Press
ATTACHE(E) DE PRESSE (ALIBI COMMUNICATIONS) www.alibicommunications.be
Brigitta PORTIER brigittaportier@alibicommunications.be
Distribution
DULAC DISTRIBUTION www.dulacdistribution.com mzana@dulacdistribution.com
International sales
THE PARTY FILM SALES www.thepartysales.com samuel.blanc@thepartysales.com