Special Screenings · 46th Edition
Who is Still Alive
Qui Vit Encore
Director
Nicolas Wadimoff
Country
Switzerland, France, Palestine
Runtime
1 h 53 min
Language
Arabic
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
Nine voices from Gaza. Nine people who tell of their life before, then during the war, in the neighbourhood whose outline they draw in chalk on the ground. By recreating their own Jabaliya, Nuseirat or Khan Younis, each character unveils their minuscule and fragile space of humanity, which corresponds to the dreams, hopes, dangers, comfort and discomfort of a life oppressed, prevented, but not yet reduced to ashes, not yet totally plunged into oblivion. By telling us their stories, the protagonists attempt to reconnect with themselves, to stop being ghosts. Simply, to come back to life.
Screenplay
Nicolas Wadimoff
Producers
Ketsia Stocker, Nicolas Wadimoff, Nadia Turincev, Omar El Kadi, Ossama Bawardi, May Jabeeren
About the Director
Nicolas Wadimoff, after directing his first film, founded Akka Films in 2003 to support Palestinian filmmakers. Aisheen, shot in Gaza, premiered at the Berlinale. Operation Libertad screened at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, Spartans won the Soleure Prize, and The Apology of Gaza opened Locarno’s Critics’ Week. Who Is Still Alive premiered at Venice 2025.
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