Ahmad Habash

Moon Sinking (Ofol al-Qamar)

 

ABOUT THE FILM

This is a story about the last days of the lives of seven people before the collision of the Moon into the Earth. It is about the daydreams of a young man, the silence of a lonely widow, the ramblings of a village idiot, the anxiety of a boy with a toothache, the cravings for freedom of a prisoner on a hunger strike, the fantasies of a young woman in love and the plans for a better future of an couple about to immigrate.

 

FILMMAKER

Ahmad Habash -- 50’ (Palestine: 2001)

Palestinian Windows (Shababik Falastiniyah)

 

about the film

“Shababik Falastiniyah” comprises five short films made by young Palestinian directors. Each chose his/her window to show part of daily life in Palestine during the long siege of the West Bank and Gaza.

 
 
 

Ala’ Abu-Ghoush, Ahmad Habash, Esmail Habbash, Dima Abu-Ghoush & Mohammad Jaber -- 10' (Palestine: 2002)