Twenty minutes that'll wreck your whole day — in the best, most necessary way.
Free Fish is a short documentary filmed over the course of a year in Gaza, following two brothers — Abu Nagham and Ahmad — separated by war yet connected by the sea. Displaced from their home, Abu Nagham now lives in a tent in the south, fishing with his young nephew Rami, who lost his twin brother. Ahmad remains in the north, fishing amid ruins and occupation. Once a source of livelihood and freedom, the sea has become a battleground — heavily restricted, constantly watched, and always dangerous.
Direction
Bisan Owda's activist eye meets Pereira's poetic patience.
Cinematography
Horizon shots that scream where the world ends.
Editing
North-south cuts that ache with separation.
Director
Bisan Owda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gaza's fishing limits — 6 nautical miles, often less — turn a 3,000-year-old livelihood into daily resistance. The film never explains this; it just shows the impossibility.
Bisan Owda filmed this while herself displaced, making 'Free Fish' a rare document where the filmmaker's survival is as precarious as her subjects'. The year-long shoot spans multiple military operations.
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