If I forget thee, Gaza

2024 | 3 min 28 sec | 16mm | color | 1.37:1 | 24 FPS | arabic | mono

"It suits me to be with the people who die, I pity you for being with the kings who kill."
Victor Hugo

On December 10th 2023, I discovered on social networks a video of Hanin Siam reading an extract from Ali Abu Yassin’s The Gaza Monologues, during a pro-Palestinian demonstration that took place in Tokyo on November 29th.
A few days later, without having any clear idea in mind yet, I wrote to her to suggest making a film because, to paraphrase Deleuze, there was a necessity.

Cast Hanin Siam

Film processing Retro Enterprises, Tokyo
Telecine Ocho y Pico, Madrid