Skip to main content
'What do you endorse - Palestine from where to where? From the wall to the wire?'
In the second of a two-part report RITA DI SANTO speaks to Palestinian film-maker Mohammed Almughanni
(L) Mohammed Almughanni; (R) An Orange From Jaffa

 

AT the El Gouna Film Festival, young Palestinian director Mohammed Almughanni won the Audience Award for his wonderful short film, An Orange From Jaffa. Born and raised in Gaza, Mohammed moved to Ramallah in the West Bank as a teenager. He then decided to study at Lodz film school in Poland, and to create stories about the communities living in the shadow of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

An Orange From Jaffa recalls his attempt to visit relatives in Jaffa. 

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
STUDY OF THE ALIENATED WORKER: Joana Santos as Aurora in On
Interview / 18 March 2025
18 March 2025
RITA DI SANTO speaks to Laura Carreira about her study of workers in an Amazon warehouse,  On Falling
NO SHAME, NO JUDGEMENT: Nykiya Adams as the 12-year-old Bail
Cannes film festival 2024 / 26 May 2024
26 May 2024
RITA DI SANTO casts an eye over the winners - and the overlooked films - from this year’s festival
DREAMLIKE: a still from Francis Coppola's psychedelic depict
Cannes Festival 2024 / 21 May 2024
21 May 2024
RITA DI SANTO assesses the political reaction to Francis Coppola’s epic, self-funded depiction of the decline of the US empire
Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel in Megalopolis (2024)
Cinema / 5 May 2024
5 May 2024
RITA DI SANTO looks at what is on offer
Similar stories
My Memory Is Full Of Ghosts, directed by Anas Zawahrti
Film / 5 November 2024
5 November 2024
In the first of a 2-part report RITA DI SANTO relishes the platform given to Palestinian stories at an independent Egyptian film festival
WILFUL DESTRUCTION: (L to R) South portal of Rosh HaNikra tu
Features / 24 July 2024
24 July 2024
DAVE WELSH looks at a little-known story of the deliberate destruction of 519km of socially and economically important rail infrastructure in Palestine
HISTORY MISREAD: Graffiti on the West Bank barrier-wall near
Book Review / 18 July 2024
18 July 2024
MARJORIE MAYO recommends a succinct and exceptionally lucid account of the underlying causes of the war in Gaza
MOTHER COUNTRY: Palestinian artist Rasha Al Jundi's portrait
Exhibition review / 7 June 2024
7 June 2024
JAN WOOLF urges you to visit a courageous and unusual exhibition of work that depicts the Palestinian diaspora