Life Is Beautiful: A Letter to Gaza (Palestine)
Genre: Documentary
Country: Palestine, Norway
Year: 2024
Duration: 93 mins
Director: Mohamed Jabaly
Language(s): English, Arabic, Norwegian
Subtitles: Arabic, English, Norwegian
Producer: Mohanad Yaqubi, KriStine Ann Skaret, Sarah Winge-Sørensen, Mohamed Elmongy, Mohamed Jabaly
Principal Cast: Mohamed Jabaly, Hermann Gruel, Martha Otte
Synopsis
Stuck in the arctic of Norway and refusing to accept the boundaries imposed by international politics & rigid bureaucracy, filmmaker Mohamed Jabaly insists on telling heartfelt stories from his hometown Gaza. Despite having only limited connection to his family abroad and support from his friends, he manages to channel his own creativity, adhering to his motto LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.
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Asian World Film Festival
The Asian World Film Festival (AWFF), founded by Kyrgyz public figure Sadyk Sher-Niyaz and overseen by Executive & Program Director Georges N. Chamchoum, brings the very best of a broad selection of Asian World cinema to Los Angeles to draw greater recognition to the region's wealth of filmmakers and strengthen ties between the Asian and Hollywood film industries. Uniting through cross-cultural collaboration, the Festival champions films from over 50 countries across Asia, spanning from Turkey to Japan and from Russia to India and South-East Asia. The Festival is unique in that it predominantly screens Oscar and Golden Globe submissions for Best International Feature Film and Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language respectively. All films that participate in the Festival will have a unique chance to be guided through the challenging awards season and showcased to members of the Motion Picture Academy, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and all Guilds for enhanced exposure, media attention and awards consideration. AWFF is a non-profit organization under Aitysh USA.