Hodoud

Hodoud tells the story of a Gazan family, Ameen and Narmeen separated by borders and a closed crossing after the war.
But those who absorbed the pain of separation most deeply… were the children.

Between Gaza and Belgium, the little ones not only endure the absence of their mother’s embrace, but live a suspended life that bears no resemblance to the childhood they deserve.
In Gaza, Ameen tries to offer his two children the warmth of a mother and a semblance of normal life under bombardment, while in Belgium, Narmeen carries longing and waits.

This is a film about a divided childhood, and a home whose picture remains incomplete, until they are finally reunited in one embrace, under one roof, at one table, in a peace long awaited.

by Hamdi Khalil Elhusseini and Samar Taher Lulu (Palestine)