{"id":39103,"date":"2026-10-20T22:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/gaza-girl-short-film-takes-anti-war-message-to-festivals-in-france-us\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:41:08","slug":"gaza-girl-short-film-takes-anti-war-message-to-festivals-in-france-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/gaza-girl-short-film-takes-anti-war-message-to-festivals-in-france-us\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGaza Girl\u201d short film takes anti-war message to festivals in France, US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6226417.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"item-text\">\n<p class=\"summary\">TEHRAN- Iranian short film \u201cGaza Girl,\u201d written and directed by Hossein Babaeian, was screened at the 13th Hendaia Film Festival in France and is set to participate in the Authentic Global Films festival in the United States in November, continuing its international festival run.<\/p>\n<p>According to the film\u2019s public relations office, the short is produced by Alireza Pishehvar. The Hendaia Film Festival was held from October 15 to 18 in Hendaye, southwestern France, while the US festival is scheduled for November 5 to 7 in Hollywood, California.<\/p>\n<p>The Hendaia Film Festival focuses on short films and promotes cinema as a means of encouraging cultural dialogue and offering distinctive perspectives on contemporary issues. The American event, presented by Authentic Global Films, also emphasizes cultural exchange through international cinema.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGaza Girl\u201d has previously participated in Italy\u2019s 15th Cinematography Terrace Festival, Spain\u2019s sixth FICIMAD Festival, Nigeria\u2019s fourth Joint Film Festival and the 28th Inventa Festival in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>The film received an honorary diploma at FICIMAD, held on June 19. It was also selected among the four best films at the Joint Film Festival in Nigeria, according to its public relations office.<\/p>\n<p>With an anti-war perspective, \u201cGaza Girl\u201d explores themes of compassion, humanity, sacrifice and selflessness. Set against the backdrop of a conflict that forces people into opposing sides, the film highlights the enduring value of human life and the possibility of compassion even amid war.<\/p>\n<p>The cast includes Alireza Pishehvar, Mehrsa Moqim and Raha Moqaddam.<\/p>\n<p>SAB\/<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/531291\/Gaza-Girl-short-film-takes-anti-war-message-to-festivals-in\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN- Iranian short film \u201cGaza Girl,\u201d written and directed by Hossein Babaeian, was screened at the 13th Hendaia Film Festival in France and is set to participate in the Authentic Global Films festival in the United States in November, continuing its international festival run. According to the film\u2019s public relations office, the short is produced &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10456,10459,10256,10458,10457],"class_list":["post-39103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-gaza-girl","tag-authentic-global-films-festival","tag-culture","tag-hendaia-film-festival","tag-hossein-babaeian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}