Synopsis:

The Story We Broke follows Palestinian-Jordanian journalist Jude Taha and a collective of student reporters who documented the 2024 Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University, capturing a historic protest movement from within. As both a participant and reporter, Jude navigates grief, institutional backlash, and questions of journalistic objectivity while challenging dominant corporate media narratives on Gaza and those who mobilise against the genocide. Through vérité footage, investigations into media bias, and intimate portraits of young journalists under pressure, the film examines who gets to tell the truth in moments of political rupture. Moving between New York and present-day Jordan, where Jude now teaches journalism, the documentary becomes both a record of resistance and a reflection on witnessing, community, and the heartbreak of documenting genocide in real time.

Director’s profile:

Marta Miskaryan is a London-based documentary director and producer of Armenian origin. She is deeply passionate about exploring themes of heritage and memory, bringing these stories to life through a creative and cinematic lens. Having grown up in a conflict-affected region, she approaches subjects of displacement and cultural preservation with sensitivity and depth.

One of her earlier projects, the short documentary Arquivo, explored the devastating loss of artefacts in the National Museum fire in Rio de Janeiro and received a nomination for Best Documentary at the FIC Rio Festival. Her latest film, ROT54: Armenia’s Forgotten Space Giant, commissioned by Al Jazeera English, was broadcast globally and recently won Best Short Documentary at the Raw Science Film Festival. She was also awarded the Sandbox Films Best Pitch Prize as part of the Camp 4Science programme at AFO Festival.

Producer’s profile:

Alice Hughes is an award-winning producer specialising in character-driven documentaries with strong social impact. Her work has premiered at major international festivals including SXSW, BFI London Film Festival, Sundance London and AFI Docs, and has received multiple Grierson and BIFA nominations, a BAFTA Cymru win, and Academy Award-qualifying festival awards.

She was selected as a Sheffield DocFest Future Producer in 2023. Her feature documentaries include Half Way, nominated for a BIFA and a Grierson in 2017, and Holloway, funded by BFI Doc Society, which premiered in Competition at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival, winning the Audience Award for Best Documentary.

The film later received a Criminal Justice Alliance Award, was nominated for the 2025 BIFA Maverick Award, and longlisted for Best Documentary and Breakthrough Producer. Holloway was successfully self-distributed to audiences nationwide to critical acclaim and has been recognised across both the film industry and criminal justice sector for its emotional clarity and impact. She also produced the award-winning short documentary Puffling, which premiered at SXSW 2023 and was released by The New Yorker.