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Thirteen in Gaza

2026 · 77 min

A quiet, heavy slice of life that asks you to sit with a family's daily endurance under siege.

Overview
Palestinian director Hosam Abu Dan makes his narrative feature debut with a nuanced and deeply human portrait of a father and his teenage daughter navigating everyday life in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • family
  • isolation
  • war
  • parenthood
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
war, drama
Directed by
Hosam Abu Dan
Written by
Khalil al Mozian
Starring
Mary Ziyara, Feras Al Masri, Ghassan Salem, Nawaf Abu Amra
Cinematography
Yousef Al Mashharawi
Runtime
77 min
Country
Palestinian Territory
Languages
Arabic

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