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Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Shujayya," directed by Mohammed Almughani.

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Screening will start at 12:00 Noon US EDT; 19:00 Palestine, 18:00 Europe, 17:00 London; Running Time 21 minutes, 2015, Arabic with English subtitles. The film screening will be followed by discussions with film audience.

About the Film
In Gaza, members of a typical family are thrown into disarray after a series of bombing attacks destroyed their home, killed some of the occupants and left others seriously injured.

Film Director, Mohammed Almughanni

About Film Director

Mohammed Almughanni is a director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was born in 1994 in Gaza, Palestine. He pursued his Bachelor and Masters degree in Film Directing at Łódź Film School in Poland.

In the past few years he did film in different areas in the world such as Cuba, Palestine, Denmark, China, Jordan, Lebanon, Poland and Germany.

He is an author of documentary and narrative films, including “Blacklisted” (2021), “Son Of The Streets” (2020) “Falafala” (2019), “Operation” (2018), “Where’s the Donkey” (2018), “Shujayya” (2015) and “Halawan” (2012). His films were selected and awarded at numerous film festivals around the world.

Festivals:

Festiwal Mediów Człowiek w Zagrożeniu, Łódź, Poland, 2016 [Winner of Aleksander Kamiński Award]

Festiwal Filmów Szkoły Filmowej w Łodzi Łodzią po Wiśle, Warsaw, Poland, 2016 [Winner of Grand Prix]

Bosphorus Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2016 [Winner of Best Short Documentary Film] [Winner of Ahmet Uluçay Grand Prize]

The 14th Resistance International Film Festival, Tehran, Iran, 2016 [Winner Of The Best International Short Documentary]

57th Zlín Film Festival – International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín, Czech Republic, 2017 [Winner of Main Prize for the TOP Film of Zlín Dog]

Prokuplje Short Film Festival, Prokuplje, Serbia, 2017 [Special Mention]

Ânûû-rû Âboro International Documentary Film Festival, Boulouparis, New Caledonia, 2016

Szczecin European Film Festival, Szczecin, Poland, 2016

Koszaliński Festiwal Debiutów Filmowych Młodzi i Film, Koszaliń, Poland, 2016

Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy Etiuda&Anima, Kraków, Poland, 2016

Bristol Palestine Film Festival, Bristol, United Kingdom, 2017

Nazra Palestine Short Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 2017

ONE Country ONE Film, Apchat, France, 2017

Palestine Filmer C’est Exister, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017

International Youth Arts & Culture Festival, Aarhus, Denmark 2017

Haifa Independent Film Festival, Haifa, 2017

Safe Community International Film Festival Film Festival, Mashhad, Iran, 2017

Transatlantyk Film Festival, Łódź, Poland, 2016

Al Ard Doc Film Festival, Cagliari, Italy 2016