"My dream is to have a big fishing boat one day," says
a 14-year-old boy who was born by the sea and dreams of becoming a captain. There is also a shopkeeper at the seaside café who talks cheerfully.
At first glance, the film "Gaza: Daily Life with a Real Face" depicts the daily lives of the people of the Gaza Strip, who seem to be everywhere, no different from their surroundings.
While many lives were lost in the fighting, independent screenings and theater screenings have been held one after another throughout Japan.
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What is depicted is a casual everyday life
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Screenings are now spreading all over the world
Even though we're under the same sky
"We need to tell them more and more."
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What is depicted is a casual everyday life
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Screenings are now spreading all over the world
Even though we're under the same sky
"We need to tell them more and more."
What is depicted is a casual everyday life
The film depicts the daily lives of people with unique personalities.
Ahmad, a 14-year-old boy, dreams of one day becoming a captain himself as he sees his family fishing in the Mediterranean Sea in front of him.
I was born near the sea, and I live with the sea. My dream is to have a big fishing boat someday
Many people gather on the beach, and young people enjoy surfing.
The owner of the café is talking cheerfully to his customers.
Welcome, it's your usual latte, right? Come on, my dear customer, I'm full of love
It is different from the battles and bombings reported on the news every day.
The photo was taken before the collision
The movie was shot in 2019, before the clashes began.
The Gaza Strip, which has been under economic blockade by Israel, has been called a "prison without a ceiling" because it is surrounded by fences and walls.
Gaza Strip
In the movie, there are scenes where the lights in the room go out due to a power outage, and people flee due to a sudden air strike.
It depicts the thoughts of people who live strongly while worrying about their families in harsh conditions.
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Screenings are now spreading all over the world
Since October 10, when the clashes began, independent screenings and theatrical screenings have been held across the country.
In the past two months, there have been 7 independent screenings and 2 theaters.
Screening in Yunnan City, Shimane Prefecture
The film is spread at the grassroots.
In late October, the film was screened in Yunnan City, Shimane Prefecture, and it was not a movie theater or a theater, but a space that had been renovated from an old folk house.
At an emergency screening held by a local person, about 10 people, including local residents, watched the screening.
A woman
in her 50s visiting from Matsue City: "I came here because I wanted to learn about the daily lives of the people of the Gaza Strip because the news only covers the conflict.
Natsuko Moriyama, who hosted the screening
Natsuko
Moriyama, the organizer of the event, said, "There are people living in the Gaza Strip, which is surrounded by walls and restrictions, just like us, and I want people to know that the dreams and lives of each and every one of us can be taken away by conflict, just like in the movies."
Even though we're under the same sky
There are many people in the audience who come to face the reality out of frustration, "I want to do something, but I don't know what to do" in the reality that many lives continue to be taken.
Two months before the start of the military conflict, there was a flurry of such comments from people who watched the film at a movie theater in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on the 2th of this month.
Male
in his 40s from Kanagawa Prefecture "I came to see it because I wanted to make it as personal as possible, and I realized that there are people in the area who work in similar professions and children who go to school, as a matter of course" Female
in her 40s, Tokyo: "
I saw with my own eyes how different they are even though they are the same people and under the same sky. I don't know what to do, but I feel like there's nothing I can do about it."
"We need to tell them more and more."
We spoke with Kenji Sekine, the representative of the company that distributes the film.
The film was originally released in theaters last year, but in the wake of the fighting, it was called for a re-release.
While films are attracting attention, Sekine is afraid of weathering.
Distributor United People Representative Kenji Sekine
Kenji Sekine, CEO of the distribution company, said
, "It's already been about two months, and I'm afraid that people's interest will wane. On the other hand, the problem continues to get worse, so we need to tell them more and more, and I want to tell them."
In addition to calling for the film to be screened, Sekine is now working on the release of another documentary film showing daily life in Gaza, as well as petitions and donations calling for a ceasefire.
We asked Mr. Sekine again about the highlights of the film.
Kenji Sekine, CEO of the distribution company, said
, "There are many films that depict the 'conflict' in Gaza, but the directors of this film deliberately interviewed a lot of ordinary people. There are college girls, there are mothers, there are taxi drivers, there are café and barbershop owners. When you watch this film, you will feel that there are people in Gaza who live their daily lives just like any other street corner in the world.
There are many people who have lost their lives because they have dreams of where bombs fall and where they are attacked, and they just want to live in peace."
Finally, we heard from a journalist living in Gaza with whom Mr. Sekine had been corresponding.
This means that the evacuation site has been targeted by the attack, and the situation continues to be worrisome.
Looking at the journalist's latest SNS, the following was written about the death of a relative's young child in an airstrike.
If
he did anything wrong in this world, he broke his toys a few times, so why did he have to die?