LONDON PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL 2026
NOVEMBER 13 - 27
GAZA’S TWINS, COME BACK TO ME
MOHAMMAD SAWWAF, 2025, 96’
sUNday 22 NOVEMBER | 16:10
THE GARDEN CINEMA, 39-41 PARKER STREET, LONDON, WC2B 5PQ
Gaza, November 2023: Rania gives birth to triplets. One of the babies dies, while the surviving twins are evacuated to the south, separated from their mother, who remains trapped in the north.
Over sixteen months, the film follows the parallel lives of mother and twins. The children grow before the camera’s eye, taking their first steps and speaking their first words against a backdrop of explosions, moving from tent to tent, clinging to life and longing for their mother’s embrace. Rania, meanwhile, endures displacement, hunger and the aching wait for reunion, separated from her babies by military checkpoints and destruction.
Through intimate, real-time footage from both sides of Gaza’s military divide, Gaza’s Twins, Come Back to Me offers a rare dual portrait of survival and longing. This deeply human story is a testament to the enduring power of motherhood and family bonds.