Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Interview with Arab Nassar for Once Upon a Time in Gaza presented at 2025 Doha Film Festival. Interview conducted by Eric Lavallée for IONCINEMA.com. A Watermelon pictures release.
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TIMESTAMPS:
01:31 - With less opportunities to see cinema - would you say that growing up in Gaza pushed you to be more creative?
08:01 - How did people from Gaza relate to the movies that were being made in Gaza?
17:20 - I get a sense that this film means something different today, yesterday and the day before - do you see this film as something....bigger than a film?
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CREDITS:
Producers: Rani Massalha, Marie Legrand, Muriel Merlin, Rashid Abdelhamid.
Executive producer: Khaled Haddad.
Co-producers: Amanda Turnbull, Ziad Srouji, Dorothe Benemeier, Mickael Eckelt, Lena Zimmerhackel, Pandora Da Cunha Telles, Pablo Iraola.
Directors: Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser.
Screenplay: Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser
Camera: Christophe Graillot.
Editor: Sophie Reine.
Music: Amine Bouhafa.
Cast: Nader Abd Alhay, Majd Eid, Ramzi Maqdisi.
IONCINEMA.com is a media outlet featuring daily news, reviews and interviews in American indie, world cinema, documentary film & film festivals. Our motto: We heart subtitles!
Interview with Arab Nassar for Once Upon a Time in Gaza presented at 2025 Doha Film Festival. Interview conducted by Eric Lavallée for IONCINEMA.com. A Watermelon pictures release.
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youtube.com/user/ioncinema?sub_confirmation=1
Let us know what you think of Once Upon a Time in Gaza - leave your comments below!
TIMESTAMPS:
01:31 - With less opportunities to see cinema - would you say that growing up in Gaza pushed you to be more creative?
08:01 - How did people from Gaza relate to the movies that were being made in Gaza?
17:20 - I get a sense that this film means something different today, yesterday and the day before - do you see this film as something....bigger than a film?
CONNECT with IONCINEMA.com
Visit our website: ioncinema.com
Twitter: twitter.com/ioncinema
Facebook: facebook.com/ioncinema
Instagram: instagram.com/ioncinema
CREDITS:
Producers: Rani Massalha, Marie Legrand, Muriel Merlin, Rashid Abdelhamid.
Executive producer: Khaled Haddad.
Co-producers: Amanda Turnbull, Ziad Srouji, Dorothe Benemeier, Mickael Eckelt, Lena Zimmerhackel, Pandora Da Cunha Telles, Pablo Iraola.
Directors: Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser.
Screenplay: Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser
Camera: Christophe Graillot.
Editor: Sophie Reine.
Music: Amine Bouhafa.
Cast: Nader Abd Alhay, Majd Eid, Ramzi Maqdisi.
IONCINEMA.com is a media outlet featuring daily news, reviews and interviews in American indie, world cinema, documentary film & film festivals. Our motto: We heart subtitles!
