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An Orange from Jaffa
2024
|Short, Fiction
|27'
by Mohammed Almughanni
[Palestine, Poland, France]
Synopsis
Mohammed, a young Palestinian, is desperately looking for a taxi to take him through an Israeli checkpoint. The driver, Farouk, discovers that Mohammed has already failed to cross the checkpoint. Trouble ensues.
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Biography
Mohammed Almughanni Born in Gaza in 1994, Mohammed Almughanni is a film director and screenwriter. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Film Directing from Łódź Film School in Poland.
His films, focusing on racial justice and socio-political life amid wars, have garnered awards at festivals including Ji.hlava (2020), IDFA (2023) and Clermont-Ferrand (2024). Almughanni raises awareness about collateral issues faced by innocent civilians in war, including national identity and unregistered children.
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