Children of Fire

Series title: Arab Shorts Distribution

Director: Mohammed Al Hawajiri    → show biography   ← hide biography

Biography: Mohammed Al Hawajiri (b. 1975, lives in Gaza) studied drawing and painting at the YMCA in Gaza. In addition to local personal exhibits, Hawajri has shown his work internationally, and is one of the founders of the Fine Art programme in the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in the Gaza strip as well as the Eltiqa Group for Contemporary Art. Hawajri works in a wide and fluctuating range of media – paintings, sculpture, video art, photography –, his choice frequently determined by such everyday matters as which materials happen to be available at a given time in the restrictive conditions in which Gazans live. Selected filmography: ‘Molokhia’ (2008)

Country: Palestine

Year: 2009

Synopsis: Since childhood, night has been associated with sleep and the time when life is asleep. The darkness reminds us of myths and mysterious stories that frighten young people. But in Gaza’s dark night, the children go out to burn the fear. They have fun with their own primitive games to overcome the difficulties of their lives, they are the children of fire who overcome the darkness.

Language: without dialogue