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…

Cast & Crew
Producers: Rani Massalha, Marie Legrand, Muriel Merlin, Rashid Abdelhamid
Directors : Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser
Script: Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser, Amer Nasser, Marie Legrand
Director of Photography: Christophe Graillot
Production Design: Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser
Music:Amine Bouhafa
Sound: Tim Stephan, Pavel Doreuli, Roland Vajs
Editing: Sophie Reine
Cast: Nader Abd Alhay, Ramzi Maqdisi, Majd Eid
Production. AA Films, Cocoon Films, Eurimages, Jordan Pioneers

Awards
Best Directors in Un Certain Regard, Cannes IFF, 2025

Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser
Tarzan and Arab Nasser, filmmakers and visual artists, were born in Gaza (Palestine) in 1988, one year after the last cinemas in the Gaza Strip closed. They studied Fine Arts at Al-Aqsa University and developed a passion for cinema from a young age. In 2010, they received the Best Artist of the Year Award from the A. M. Qattan Foundation for their conceptual art project Gazawood, a series of film posters inspired by Israeli military offensives against the Gaza Strip. Encouraged by this recognition, they directed the short film Condom Lead in 2013, which tells the story of a gazaoui couple’s disturbed intimacy during wartime. The film was selected in the official competition at the Cannes FF. In 2014, their first feature film, Dégradé, a single-location drama set in a women’s hair salon in Gaza, was presented at the Semaine de la Critique during Cannes FF 2015. The film was the first official co-production between France and Palestine. In 2019, they directed their second feature film, Gaza Mon Amour, a poetic romance between two sexagenarians. The film premiered at the Venice FF (Orrizonti section) in 2020 and was selected to represent Palestine in the 2021 Oscars race. Their third feature film, Once upon a Time in Gaza, is part of the Un Certain Regard official selection at the 78th Cannes FF (2025). Alongside their work as filmmakers, they are also involved in other art forms, including video art, painting, digital art, and drawing.

Filmography
Condom Lead (short, 2013), With Premeditation (short, 2014), Dégradé (2014), Gaza Mon Amour (2019), Once upon a Time in Gaza (2025).