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International Short Films Programme 1: Outer Edges
As the genocide in Gaza unfolds, Palestinians living through it are silenced. Aida Kaadan answers with an open call for anonymous voice messages from across the 1948 borders.
Since October 2023, nearly two million Palestinians holding Israeli citizenship have lived inside an intensifying silence, where words are dangerous and solidarity carries consequences. Aida Kaadan resists by listening. Through an open call, she gathered anonymous voice messages from across the 1948 borders, set against her own camera walking Haifa, a city suspended between beauty and alienation, emptied of the people who live in it. The title is a hope of a day when the streets are theirs again.

Credits

Director
Aida Kaadan
Screenwriter
Aida Kaadan, Abdallah Saada
Producer
Aida Kaadan, Carol Mezher
Cinematographer
Aida Kaadan, Mostafa Kadah
Editor
Abdallah Saada
Production Company
Little Prince Production
Music
Diego Rojas, Anas Asadi

About the Director

Aida Kaadan
Aida Kaadan (b. 1994) is a Palestinian filmmaker and writer based in Haifa. She studied Film Studies and Directing at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television. Her debut short film ‘Strawberry’ (2017) marked the beginning of a practice rooted in intimate storytelling. Her second short, ‘Another Day Shall Come’, expands this approach through a collective, voice-driven form. Alongside her filmm
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