Once Upon A Time in Gaza

Best Directing, Un Certain Regard - Cannes 2025

Original language: Arabic

Subtitles: Romanian, English

Directed by: Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser

Country: France, Palestine, Germany, Portugal

Year of production: 2025

Length: 90 minutes

Genre: Drama

Gaza, 2007. Yahya, a young student, forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they start peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but they are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego…

Credits

Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser – Director

Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser, Marie Legrand, Amer Nasser – Script

Casting

Issaq Elias

Nader ABD Alhay

Ramzi Maqdisi

Majd Eid