Born in Gaza: WE ARE STILL HERE

Hernan Zin’s 2014 film, ‘Born in Gaza’, which followed 10 young children in Palestine, became a global phenomenon. Nominated for a Goya, it was one of the most-watched documentaries of Netflix in 2023 and 5,000+ screenings were organised worldwide. Thousands of viewers contacted Zin after seeing the film, wanting to know what had happened to those children. So ten years later, while a genocide was unfolding in Gaza, he tried to track them down.

Thanks to a brave team of Palestinian filmmakers, two of whom were shot during the filming of this documentary, Zin was able to find them. He wanted to know what had happened to them over the years and what became of their dreams from 2014. Bisan lost her entire family as a child in a bombing in 2014. Only her aunts were left. But they grew apart and now she is all alone. She still has the camera Zin gave her in 2014 and dreams of being a journalist.

As a child, Mohammed supported his entire family by collecting garbage. Now he risks his life every day to get flour for his wife and three children. His house was bombed so they live in a tent. But bombarded by demands from the IDF to evacuate, they don’t know where next to go. Udai has just lost another brother, just like in 2014. However he has also fallen in love and wants to get married. His mother supports him but his fiancée doesn’t want to marry in the midst of all this destruction.

Interspersing the footage filmed in 2014 with images from today, this is tribute to interrupted childhoods. Nominated for a Goya.