What the doc thailand_Thailand_ 25/08/2025
Festival Curated : 3 Films by Ahmad Saleh 🔗
Ahmad Saleh is a Palestinian writer and director. His first film, HOUSE, 2012 won a second place in the German Short Film Award and his second film, AYNY, 2016 won an student Academy Award. Recently he finished his third short film, NIGHT and is developing his first feature.
He collaborates artistically with his brothers: Saleh, Halah, and Huda. Ever since they made their first film, HOUSE, Ahmad, Saleh, Saed and the entire family made films together and established their own family studio. Inspired by their mother’s hobby of making ceramic flowers, the kids grow loving hand crafts. And that is probably what made building puppets and movie sets the natural medium to tell their stories.
These three short animated films have been screened at festivals around the world and have been praised for their meticulous craftsmanship as well as their powerful portrayal of real-life experiences of Palestinians. What the Doc! 2025 is proud to include Saleh’s work as part of this year’s official program.
Festival Curated: Workshop films in GAZA by Haneen Koraz 🔗
Workshop and films are made by Haneen Koraz a stop-motion educator and trainer who, as an internally displaced person, lived at the refugee camp in Deir al-Balah. She is an experienced animator who has collaborated with various arts and culture associations working in Gaza. Her efforts especially focus on empowerment of women and young girls with hearing impairments.
In the camp, Haneen and her team (Nour A-Jawad and Shorook Darwish) led animation workshops for women and children to help them cope with the horrors they have experienced. On August 22, 2024 people in the camp were forced to evacuate. Haneen, Nour, and Shorook, even though displaced again, continue their work.
