Country: Palestine
Year: 2026
Duration: 77'
Set in Gaza in 2025, thirteen-year-old Raghad and her father, Abu Raghad, navigate displacement following a devastating bombing. As Raghad reaches womanhood in an overcrowded camp without privacy or basic care, her father turns to black-market aid trading to ensure their survival.
Biography
film director
Hosam Abu Dan
(Palestine) has worked in film, television, and media production since 2010. He earned a diploma in multimedia technology in 2012 and a degree in media and communication in 2023, alongside advanced training in documentary and film directing. In 2016, he founded New Scene for Media & Artistic Production, through which he has produced and directed numerous documentary projects in collaboration with international broadcasters and networks, including Al Jazeera, Alaraby TV, and UNRWA TV. His work includes the short films A Drop (2012) and Dim Light (2015), the documentary Six Miles Out (2017), the drama series Anqoud (2020) and Gilboa Prison (2022), and the internationally acclaimed, award-winning documentary Gaza Sound Man (2024). Thirteen in Gaza is his first feature-length fiction film.
FILMOGRAFIA
A Drop (cm, doc, 2012), Dim Light (cm, doc, 2015), Six Miles Out (doc, 2017), Anqoud (serie tv, doc, 2020) Gilboa Prison (doc, 2022), Gaza Sound Man (doc, 2024). Thirteen in Gaza (2026).
Declaration
film director
“The film did not begin as an abstract idea. I live and work in Gaza, and I have directly experienced bombardment, displacement, interrupted access to water and electricity, food insecurity, and the daily fear of living in a closed and overcrowded environment. Raghad’s first period is not used as a dramatic device for shock. It is the point at which the film makes visible the collision between a natural bodily transition and an environment that cannot provide care, knowledge, or safety. The father is not written as a villain or as a heroic protector. Abu Raghad loves his daughter, but love is not enough to overcome the conditions surrounding him. My feature debut aims to tell one intimate story showing how war enters the body, alters relationships, and forces children to mature beyond their age.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR, EDITING, PRODUCTION: Hosam Abu Dan. SCREENPLAY: Khalil Al-Muzayyen, Hussein Al-Dash, Hosam Abu Dan. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Yousef Mashharawi. COSTUMES: Brenji Almadhoon. MUSIC: Alaa El Rawey. SOUND: Mohammed Qofu, Rana Eid. CAST: Mary Ziyara, Firas Al-Masri, Ghassan Salem, Abeer Ahmed, Nawaf Abu Amra. CONTACT: Ahmed Kastawy, Mad Solutions
ahmed.kastawy@mad-solutions.com
