Gaza Surf Club (2016)
- Directed by
- Mickey Yamine, Philip Gnadt
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows a group of young surfers in the Gaza Strip as they find moments of joy and freedom on the Mediterranean coast. It also tracks one surfer's trip to Hawaii as he pursues his dream of starting a surf club back home.
inspiringhopefulleisurelyobservationalintimateyearningpeacefulbittersweet
What happens
Gaza Surf Club is a 2016 German documentary film directed by Philip Gnadt and Mickey Yamine. The film takes a "day in the life" approach and follows the story of a group of Gazans who practice surfing as a source of freedom in the Mediterranean Gaza Strip coast. Also, the journey of the young Ibrahim, one of the surfers who travels to Hawaii looking for opportunities to create a surfing club in the Gaza Strip. The documentary took 5 years of filming, and it was screened for the first time in the Documentaries section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Gestrandet (2016)
Babylon Dreamers (2016)
Exodus Where I Come from Is Disappearing (2016)
Havarie (2016)
Passion for Planet (2016)
66 Kinos (2016)
Team Gaza (2016)
Haymatloz - Exil in der Türkei (2016)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.