Gauze
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Production year2025
Runtime7 min
Synopsis
14-year-old Zain, a Palestinian swimming champion, faces war and man-made famine. He becomes the sole caregiver to his little brother. When aid drops into the sea, desperate for food, Zain is forced to swim—not for passion, but for survival.
Credits
Directors (5)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Gobelins - L'École de l'Image
- Film exports/foreign sales : Miyu Distribution
Full credits (7)
- Screenwriters : Noran Fikri Alezabi, Nicholas Arujah, Xinyue Ma, Yulin Yue, Xiaonan Zhou
- Music Composer : Paul Toubia
- Sound Recordist : Clément Naline
- Animation : Noran Fikri Alezabi, Nicholas Arujah, Xinyue Ma, Yulin Yue, Xiaonan Zhou
- Grader : David Chantoiseau
- Sound Mixer : Jérémy Ben Ammar
- Sound design : Jérémy Ben Ammar
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : War
- Production language : Arabic
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2025
- Runtime : 7 min 47 seconds
- Production formats : Digital creation
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.77
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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