Once Upon a Time in Gaza

Jun 25, 2025

1h 27m

★ 5.1

Overview

In 2007, Yahya works at his friend Osama’s falafel shop in Gaza, which doubles as a drug dealing front. His entanglement leads him to witness a terrible crime. A couple years later, Gaza’s Ministry of Culture randomly chooses Yahya to star in a TV series that highlights martyrs and heroes of the resistance. As conflict simmers in the distance, Yahya unexpectedly receives real weapons, heightening the stakes as the show provides him with an opportunity to confront the perpetrator of the offense that changed his life.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Les Films du Tambour

Kometa Films

Made in Palestine Project

Ukbar Filmes

Riva Film

Jordan Pioneers

Once Upon a Time in Gaza Trailers

Cast

Yahya

Nader Abd Alhay

Osama

Majd Eid

Abou Sami

Ramzi Maqdisi

The Director

Is'haq Elias

The Productor

Said Saada

The Minister of Foreign Affairs

Hussein Nakhleh

The Minister of the Interior

Osama Malhas

The Minister of Religious Affairs

Abood Obeid

Israeli Officer

Michael Zananiri

Government Employee

Hayfa Alrabee

Neurologist

Mohammed Theyab

Reem Hassouneh Pharmacist

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