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Gaza cinemas have gone silent, even though its people rush into theatres to see new releases. What has happened to film there today?
Cinemas are no longer in Gaza due to the force of fundamentalist Islam, which sees these places as a threat to its political and social position; theatres are defined as places of corruption. A long series of actions carried out by the Islamic movement ended up burning down and taking over these places of cinema. The assassination of theatres was a personal assassination of our thoughts.

Credits

Director
Khalil El-Muzayen
Screenwriter
Khalil El-Muzayen
Producer
Ahmed Abu Nasser, Jamal Abu Al Qumsan
Cast
Filming: Arab Nasser and Ibrahim Yaghi
Editing and mixing: Arab Nasser
Sound: Momen Awdallah
Assistant director: Tarzan Nasser

About the Director

Khalil El-Muzayen
Khalil Al Mozayen is a Palestinian filmmaker who has extensive experience in direction and production, as well as technical skills in camera and sound work. He is a seasoned trainer in filmmaking. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in film directing from the Civilization Academy in 1997. Al Mozayen was the director of the Ramattan News Agency Palestine for almost a decade, and has been the director f
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