Old Child
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16m
by Elettra Bisogno & Hazem Alqaddi • 2019 • Belgium, Palestine
Old Child depicts the fragmented story of Hazem, who had to flee Gaza. Throughout this stream-of-consciousness montage of dreams and reminiscences, he searches for order but also for the beauty he left behind.
[In solidarity with the Palestinian people, Kortfilm.be will donate its part of the income made through transactional video on demand sales of Old Child to UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.]
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