Who Is Still Alive, from Swiss director Nicolas Wadimoff (The Apollo of Gaza, Operation Libertad, Aisheen, The Golden Gloves of Akka), world premieres on Sept. 3 in the Venice Days program ( Giornate Degli Autori ), the independent section within the Venice Film Festival promoted by the Italian filmmaker associations ANAC and 100autori. But anticipation has already been building, given its topicality. After all, it features nine Palestinian refugees from Gaza sharing their stories.

“A map of Gaza, its cities, camps, and neighborhoods. White paint on a black floor. In these roughly drawn outlines, nine refugees who were able to escape hell tell their stories,” reads a synopsis. “Their previous lives, their buried dreams, the danger, the rubble, the loss of their dear ones. Oppressed

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