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Gazan audiences flock to cinemas amid festival to see Arab, Western and Asian films

Cinema once flourished in Gaza, with audiences flocking to see Arab, Western and Asian films but the movie houses were torched in the First Intifada in 1987 and then burned down again in 1996 during another wave of internal violence.

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All the films had to be reviewed ahead of screening by local authorities in Gaza, which has been controlled by the Hamas group since 2007. Among the films on show was "Eleven Days in May", co-directed by Gaza director Mohammed Sawwaf and British director, which tells the story of 66 children killed in the 11-day war between Israel and Gazan forces in May 2021.