Chronicles From the Siege

by Abdallah Al-Khatib

This urgent, stirring drama captures the survival efforts of everyday civilians in a provocative reflection on Palestinian resistance.

2026 · 1h38m · Algeria, France, Palestine

Arabic

English subs

About the Film

Set in a city isolated by war, the narrative follows several residents trapped inside a city surrounded by military forces, coping with shortages, danger and uncertainty as the siege continues. As food and basic services become scarce, the characters attempt to maintain routines and personal relationships while facing constant uncertainty. Their stories intersect as the siege intensifies, revealing different strategies to cope with fear, deprivation and moral dilemmas. This is shown through a sequence of five stories, each depicting a different mode of survival, with characters who emerge, disappear and reappear

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Director

Abdallah Alkhatib

About the Director

Abdallah Al-Khatib

Abdallah Al-Khatib was born in 1989 in Yarmouk. He studied sociology at the University of Damascus. Before the revolution, he worked for the UN as coordinator of activities and volunteers. He created the humanitarian aid association Wataad, with several friends, which carried out dozens of projects in several regions of Syria, and in particular in Yarmouk. He participated in several documentary films relating the life of the Yarmouk camp, notably being one of the cameramen of 194. Us Children of the Camp which premiered at Visions du Réel in 2017. The German magazine Peace Green identified him as one of the 2014 “peacemakers”. In Sweden, he received the Per Anger Human Rights Award in 2016. Abdallah currently lives in Germany, where he was recently granted refugee status.

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