The Apollo of Gaza
78 mins
In 2013, a 2,000-year-old statue of Apollo was found near Gaza, only to disappear all of a sudden. Apollo, god of art, beauty and divinations, incites all sorts of rumors, even the craziest ones. The Apollo of Gaza is at once an inquiry and a meditation on history, plunging us into the barely known reality of a territory that is still paying the price of wars and a merciless blockade, but where life also subsists, undefeated. By bringing a little light to the sky of Gaza, the statue and its stupefying story could return some dignity and hope to all people.
Walid Al-Aqqad
Self
Nafez Abed
Self
Jawdat Khoudary
Self
Heyam Al-Bitar
Self
Sofiane Salman
Self
Gil Chaya
Self
Fadel Al-Otol
Self
Naïma Bachiri
Translator
Philippe Coeytaux
Producer
Stéphane Cadotte
Foley
Luc Léger
Foley Recordist
Carlos Ibáñez Díaz
Sound
Ariane Turmel-Chénard
Assistant Editor
Steve Hallé
Technical Advisor
Philippe Lefebvre
Assistant Editor
Aya El-Zinati
Assistant Director
Haman Ahmed
Driver
Mykyta Kryvoscheiev
Assistant Editor
Benoît Dame
Sound Designer
Karine Sudan
Editorial Consultant
Colette Loumède
Producer
Claude Fradette
Music
Franck Rabel
Director of Photography
Béatrice Guelpa
Writer
Christine Hoffet
Editor