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  • This film is an entirely independent production, produced without institutional funding or organizational support. Its completion was made possible solely through the solidarity and dedication of the individuals listed below.

    Co-directed by Alexia Tsouni & Haim Schwarczenberg
    Director of Photography: Haim Schwarczenberg
    Editing: Alexia Tsouni & Haim Schwarczenberg
    Original Music by Nawa نوا
    Production Liaison: Neta Golan
    Political & Ethics Consultant: Prof. Dr. Haidar Eid
    Additional Cinematography: Youssef Zaanoun, Mohammad Zanoun, Alexia Tsouni, Anadolu Ajansı
    Graphic Design: Noki
    Narration of Khalil’s interview: Morad Hasan
    Audio mixing & Color correction: Cinevangelos
    Translation of Khalil’s mother and brother: Ramy Ghaly
    Subtitles: Georgia Tsouni

    Footage:

    WIKIPEDIA, the free encyclopedia:
    Images from Jaffa: 1587 by Jean Zuallart, 1714 by Cornelis de Bruijn, 1867–1870 by Félix Bonfils, circa 1930 oranges for export, 1937 Alhambra Cinema with the Palestinian flag,
    1948 Arab National Committee building bombed by Lehi Zionist paramilitary
    Information on Nakba 1948
    Images from Erez Crossing, Gaza–Israel fence, Gaza City
    Footage from bombings and other military operations in Gaza

    SOLIDARITY ACTIONS WITH THE GREAT MARCH OF RETURN, Gaza fence, 2018-2019:
    Footage by Haim Schwarczenberg, Voices Against Israeli Apartheid, Oren Ziv Activestills.org, The Gaza Voice. Editing by Haim Schwarczenberg, Neta Kamal, Elliot Beck, Raz Bdv

    MAKASSED HOSPITAL, JERUSALEM, HAIFA, JAFFA, November 2019:
    Footage by Haim Schwarczenberg

    SOLIDARITY VIGIL WITH GAZA, Jerusalem, 22 December 2023:
    Footage by Omer Rosenberg

    “Our Will of Life Is Stronger Than Despair”: Palestinian Ahmed Abu Artema on Israeli Attacks on Gaza, 1 April 2019:
    News by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!

    WAR, Gaza, 2023-2024:
    Footage by IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, Wikimedia Commons

    GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY VIGIL
    Photo by Badreddine Rachidi

    A TRIBUTE TO KHALIL, 3 November 2023:
    Article by Sahar Vardi, +972 Magazine

    REMEMBERING KHALIL ABU YAHIA, 6 November 2023:
    Article by Maya Rosen and Erez Bleicher, Jewish Currents

    DISPATCHES FROM GAZA, 17 October 2023:
    Interview by Maya Rosen, Jewish Currents

    GAZA KEY OF RETURN, January 2025:
    Design by Salim Assi

    Original by Abdul Halim Hafez, lyrics by Abdel Rahman Alabnoudi, composed by Baligh Hamdi

    A NEW DAWN, 2018:
    Song by Prof. Dr. Haidar Eid, video-clip by Khalil Abu Yahiya

    ΗΙ, 2019:
    Poem by Khalil Abu Yahia, footage by Haim Schwarczenberg

    UNDER SIEGE, 2002:
    Poem by Mahmoud Darwish

    MANY THANKS TO:

    Khalil Abu Yahia
    Khalil’s mother Omna Abu Yahia
    Khalil’s brother Ahmed Abu Yahia
    Prof. Dr. Haidar Eid
    Ahmed Abu Artema
    Alaa Alherthani
    Abdel Karim
    Abed Rahman
    Issam Hamad
    Adel Mahmoud
    Rifka Alamya
    Sabrine Al-Najjar
    Ramy Ghaly
    Neta Golan
    Yossef(a) MekytonZelda Edmunds
    Sahar Vardi
    Maya Rosen
    Erez Bleicher
    Adi Winter
    Dov Baum
    Omer Sharir
    Shahaf Weisbein
    Yonatan Shapira
    Activestills.org
    Amy Goodman
    Anadolu Ajansı
    Al-Maqassed Hospital

    Co-produced by
    Alexia Tsouni (Greece) and Haim Schwarczenberg, 2026