Who is Still Alive
Focus on Palestine
Switzerland’s Submission for the 99th Academy Awards®
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114 min | Documentary | 2026 | Switzerland, France, Palestine | Arabic, English | English Subs
Schedule
Nov 15, 2026 | 06:15 PM
Synopsis:
A map of Gaza, its towns, camps and neighbourhoods. White paint on a black ground. Within the crudely drawn outlines, nine refugees who escaped the inferno tell their stories. Their lives before, the loss of loved ones. Lives oppressed, but not yet reduced to ashes. By sharing their stories, the protagonists are trying to reconnect with themselves, to stop being ghosts. To come back, perhaps, to life.
Director
Nicolas Wadimoff
Nicolas Wadimoff is a Swiss filmmaker who works across documentary and fiction. His documentaries on Gaza include The Accord (2005), Aisheen (Still Alive in Gaza) (2010) and The Apollo of Gaza (2018). His other work includes the fiction features Stowaways (1997), Mondialito (2000) and Operation Libertad (2012), and the documentary Jean Ziegler, the Optimism of Will (2016). His films have screened at festivals including Berlinale and Locarno.
Credits
Director:
Nicolas Wadimoff
Ketsia Stocker
Nicolas Wadimoff
Nadia Turincev
Omar El Kadi
Ossama Bawardi
May Jabareen.
Producer:
Jawdat Khoudary
Mahmoud Jouda
Adel Altaweel
Haneen Harara
Malak Khadra
Hanaa Eleiwa
Firaz (Feras) Elshrafi
Eman Shannan
Ghada Alabadla
Cast:
