synopsis
Palestinian director Kamal Aljafari returns to his parents’ home after a three-year absence and watches news reports on television from the heavily-shelled Gaza. He transforms news footage of destroyed houses, burnt-out cars and people searching for drinking water into a home video stripped of its original informative nature. He zooms in on gestures, faces and details in the background, and edits the sound so that not all Palestinian voices reach us. The constant emphasis on the mediated nature of one of the greatest humanitarian crises of recent decades highlights the fact that extensive media coverage of violence cannot prevent it from continuing.
“The picture says what the story cannot.” — quote from the movie
biography
Kamal Aljafari (1972) is a Palestinian filmmaker and visual artist. In his internationally acclaimed essayistic films, such as
Fidai Film (2024) and
With Hasan in Gaza (2025), he deconstructs dominant media narratives and explores the potential of film as a tool of political resistance.
film details
| director: | Kamal Aljafari |
| producer: | Kamal Aljafari, Flavia Mazzarino |
| editing: | Kamal Aljafari |
Film at festival
| premiere type: | Czech Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2026 |
| section: | Constellations |
| language: | arabština |
| subtitles: | čeština, angličtina |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Kamal Aljafari |
| original title: | Going Home |
| country: | Germany, Palestine, France |
| year: | 2026 |
| running time: | 21 min. |
| warning: | Graphic violence |
