Oscar Shortlisted ‘From Ground Zero’, ‘The Damned’ & Film Forum’s Cautionary AI Fest ‘Metropolis’ To ‘Ex Machina’ – Specialty Preview
deadline.comAs awards season heats up, From Ground Zero, Palestine’s Oscar entry that’s on the short list for Best International Feature, debuts at about 70 AMC locations in top 20 markets and select arthouses including the Quad in New York and Laemmle Royal in LA.
The documentary from Watermelon Pictures is a series of 22 video diaries by Palestinian filmmakers commissioned and assembled by Gaza native Rashid Masharawi that show what it’s like on the ground in Gaza trying to survive and keep families safe, fed and sheltered amid Israeli bombardments.
Mostly shying away from politics, it’s a view of life in hellish conditions that also finds hope in small moments of normalcy.
Filmmaker Masharawi, who currently lives in France, set up a fund to produce the doc. Watermelon Pictures and parent MPI Media took a risk opening soon after Oscar shortlists were unveiled not knowing if it would be included.
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