london palestine film festival 2025
NOVEMBER 14 - 28
SHORTS SESSION: BEARING WITNESS
GAZA SOUND MAN | VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA | SOUNDS OF GAZA
FRIDAy 28 NOVEMBER | 18:30
ICA, THE MALL, ST. JAMES'S, SW1Y 5AH
From soundwaves to trembling ground and watchful skies, four powerful films trace how people bear witness in the shadow of violence. Through sonic archives, silent vibrations, and atmospheric unrest, ordinary people endure extraordinary hardship—holding fragments of life that refuse to be silenced.
Gaza Sound Man
Palestine/Qatar, 2025, Hosam Abu Dan, 43’
An intimate and urgent impression of everyday life in Gaza: Through a series of immersive soundscapes, Mohammad Yaghi captures the realities of life on the ground in Palestine before and after 7 October 2023.
Vibrations from Gaza
Palestine/Canada, 2024, Rehab Nazzal, 16'
A glimpse into the resilience of Palestinian Deaf children in Gaza. Born and raised under Israeli siege and frequent onslaughts these children provide vivid accounts of their encounter of bombardment and the constant presence of drones in their sky.
Sounds of Gaza
Palestine, 2025, Ahmad Ghrouz, 6'
A haunting visual and sonic montage capturing daily life in Gaza after nonstop bombardment and aggression: Sounds of Gaza is a lyrical portrait of survival, weaving images of everyday resilience with the words of the poet Dr. Mariam Qawwash, to reveal life’s fragile rhythms amid an ongoing genocide.
The Diary of a Sky
Lebanon, 2024, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, 45'
A chilling chronicle of daily life transformed by the weaponisation of the air. The Diary of a Sky unfolds an atmospheric symphony of violence over Beirut, revealing the haunting fusion of incessant Israeli military flights and the hum of generators during blackouts.
These films contain themes and imagery related to war, trauma, displacement and life under siege.