Director: Shayma' Awawdeh
Feature | Hybrid | PS, FR | Development

Synopsis:
In Hebron, occupied Palestine, I film children in an animation workshop imagining a magical mountain that turns into a giant grandmother who can fulfill their dream of destroying the checkpoint at their neighborhood’s entrance.

Shayma' Awawdeh is a Palestinian filmmaker whose work explores themes of memory and childhood under occupation. A graduate in filmmaking, she has directed three short films: 4th Floor 2019, This Home Is Ours 2024, and Intersecting Memory 2025. She has also worked in the camera department on several films and has led filmmaking workshops for children, using cinema as a tool for creative expression.