(Shorts 3)
Rehab Nazzal
Palestine, Canada
16’ | 2023
Sign Language with Arabic and English subtitles
Vibrations from Gaza is a short documentary that offers a glimpse into the resilience and survival of Palestinian Deaf children in Gaza, who are enduring Israel’s siege and frequent military onslaught.
Children: Amani Iz Eldin, Musa and Mustafa Samour, Isra’a Abu Asr, Muhanad and Alma Abu Alata, Alma Almadhoun
Sign Language Interpreter: Maryam Alqatshan
Photography: Rehab Nazzal, Mohammed Abu Elkas, Mohammed Nateel, Nawras Sameer
and Gaza Capital Studios
Editor: Rehab Nazzal
Assistant Editors: Serene Alahmad, Rana Nazzal Hamadeh
Colorist: Sylvain Cossette
Sound Mixer: Bruno Bélanger, PRIM, Montreal
Palestinian-Canadian multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Montreal, Canada and Bethlehem, Palestine. Her work deals with the effects of settler colonial violence on peoples, land, and other non-human life in colonized territories. Nazzal’s photography, video, sound, and installation works have been exhibited and screened in Palestine, across Canada, and internationally. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Concordia University in Montreal. Nazzal has created multiple short films, blurring the boundaries between documentary and video art, including Dima, A Night at Home, Canada Park, Bodies in Motion, Mourning, and Bil’in.