An Orange from Jaffa (Mohammed Almughanni) Poland, Palestine, France |

An Orange from Jaffa
Mohammed Almughanni
Poland, Palestine, France. 2024. 26 min

A few kilometres from Jerusalem, the Hizma checkpoint, even before the events of recent months. There has been tension here for decades and the controls are extremely strict. A small mistake can cost a lot. Mohammed, a young Palestinian with a temporary Polish identity card, tries to get through the Israeli checkpoint to meet his mother. Successive drivers refuse to give him a lift. The kind-hearted taxi driver Farouk agrees. He does not know that the boy has already tried to cross another checkpoint and has been turned back. Farouk is also in a hurry to attend a very important meeting. The military quickly discovers the truth, which means very serious trouble for both men. Locked in the car, they will wait for the final decision. A gripping cinema, close to the man, showing the absurdity of the conflict on a micro scale. The film is presented in the national and international competitions.

MOHAMMED ALMUGHANNI

Director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was born in 1993 in Gaza. He is a student of Film Directing at the Film School in Łódź. He returned to his homeland as a director to tell the story of the communities living in the shadow of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He is an author of documentary and feature films, including “Falafala” (2018), “Where’s the Donkey” (2018), “Maria” (2015) and “Halawan” (2012). His documentary “Shujayya” (2015) won numerous film festival awards.