CHRONICLES FROM THE SIEGE

2026, Algeria/France/Palestine

Abdallah Al-Khatib

Abdallah Al-Khatib experienced and made a film about the siege of Yarmouk, a Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus: LITTLE PALESTINE, winner of the documentary competition at IFFI #30. Now, the filmmaker has expanded on these experiences to create a fictional feature film that doesn’t use any specific locations but draws on real-life events, depicting five episodes in a cruel daily existence: hunger, the search for fuel during a ceasefire, the small freedom of smoking a cigarette, a meeting between lovers and makeshift care of the wounded in a hospital. Humanistic, harrowing and even humorous.

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Section: Feature Film Competition
Country: Algeria/France/Palestine
Director: Abdallah Al-Khatib
Language: Arabic OV with English subtitles
Running time: 97min

DCP / Austrian Premiere

in the presence of director Abdallah Al-Khatib

Screenings

Date
Time
Location
03.06.2026
7.10 PM
Leokino 1
05.06.2026
6.50 PM
Leokino 2
in Cooperation with
Logo mit einem stilisierten Auge über dem Schriftzug KINO OTOK ISOLA CINEMA in Großbuchstaben, wobei OTOK und ISOLA CINEMA größer und deutlicher hervorgehoben sind.