Aisheen (Chroniques de Gaza)
Suiza, Catar, Francia, 2010.
Directed by: Nicolas Wadimoff.
Nicolas Wadimoff (Geneva, 1964) is a veteran filmmaker and founder of Akka Films. He has directed over 20 films screened at Berlinale, Locarno, and Cannes. For over a decade, Wadimoff has maintained an empathetic relationship with Gaza, making the strip a central axis of his committed documentary work. From "Aisheen" (2010) to "The Apollo of Gaza" (2018), his cinema avoids sensationalism to focus on the resistance and intimate memories of those living under blockade.
Running time: 85 min.
Synopsis
The ghost train has vanished from Gaza’s amusement park, yet the entire place feels haunted. Still, life persists among the ruins. In February 2009, filmmaker Wadimoff captures everyday life—particularly that of children and teenagers coping with destruction and uncertainty. His gaze lingers on fishermen, on a classroom where a clown attempts to incorporate the reality of bombs and chaos into children’s games, and on the testimony of a young boy who has already witnessed too much death, yet refuses to give up.
The ghost train has vanished from Gaza’s amusement park, yet the entire place feels haunted. Still, life persists among the ruins. In February 2009, filmmaker Wadimoff captures everyday life—particularly that of children and teenagers coping with destruction and uncertainty...