Children in Gaza are enjoying a rare moment of relief as a film festival aims to help them recover and rebuild hope after Israel's war on the strip.
The first Gaza Children’s Film Festival opened on Thursday with a screening of Albert Lamorisse’s 1956 Palme d’Or-winning short film The Red Balloon. The film is set in a dark and grey post-Second World War Paris, in which the balloon serves as a symbol of hope and light.
Held under the theme “We Love Life, Tomorrow,” the festival is running in several places in Gaza until December 20, bringing cinema to chi
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