Still Alive- A film
Director Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz
Countries Qatar, Switzerland
Duration 81 min
Synopsis
"Aisheen (Still Alive in Gaza)" tells the story about the wait after the disaster; the wait for a better future inside the biggest prison in the world. Planes still prowl above their heads, the bombings don’t stop. Men and women roam around in the ruins. Fishermen savour the only fish caught by their nets in this now forbidden sea. Further on, a family of farmers dazedly gathers up wood from the 56 olive trees which they have been living off for generations. A mother dresses the wounds of her son who dreams of becoming a martyr. In discreet mourning, an adolescent grieves for her mother. How can people survive here? Condemned to living, the residents of Gaza stand up to it all. "We don’t need aid, we need freedom!" sing the Darg Team rappers. "We will rebuild Gaza, brick by brick!" Aisheen is a tribute to life, for and against everything.
"Aisheen (Still Alive in Gaza)" tells the story about the wait after the disaster; the wait for a better future inside the biggest prison in the world. Planes still prowl above their heads, the bombings don’t stop. Men and women roam around in the ruins. Fishermen savour the only fish caught by their nets in this now forbidden sea. Further on, a family of farmers dazedly gathers up wood from the 56 olive trees which they have been living off for generations. A mother dresses the wounds of her son who dreams of becoming a martyr. In discreet mourning, an adolescent grieves for her mother. How can people survive here? Condemned to living, the residents of Gaza stand up to it all. "We don’t need aid, we need freedom!" sing the Darg Team rappers. "We will rebuild Gaza, brick by brick!" Aisheen is a tribute to life, for and against everything.