(Shorts 2)
Mohamed Harb
Palestine
25’ | 2023
Arabic with Arabic and English subtitles
Madeline goes every morning to the sea and works on a tourist boat in the sea despite the dangers she faces being the only girl working in the sea, she sacrifices her life to support her family... After her father was attacked a year ago on an Israeli boat in the sea and she lost the boat, She bravely worked on a fishing boat, becoming the first girl to work at sea in the Gaza Strip. A human story told by Madeleine, her work on a tourist boat in a port, and her story with the sea and the camp in which she lives.
Mohamed Harb has served, since 2003, as a member of the Palestinian Association of Fine Artists and works as a visual artist and filmmaker at the Palestinian Space Channel in Gaza. To promote his art, he has participated in many local, regional, and international festivals. Harb obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Al Najah University, Nablus in 2001. He also graduated from the School of Visual Arts in Marrakech, Morocco in 2011-2015, and has been working in the field of film directing since 2005. He has produced many art exhibitions and workshops as well as long and short films locally and internationally. Harb received many grants and artistic residencies, the most recent of which was the artist’s residency in Switzerland. Now working as founder and general supervisor on the "International Video Art Festival – Gaza.