INSIDE GAZA

(Dans Gaza)

West Coast Premiere | France, Belgium | 2026 | Documentary | 72 min | In French & Arabic with English subtitles, and in English 

Directed by: Hélène Lam Trong
Produced by: Yann Ollivier (Factstory), Fleur Laurent (Factstory Belgique), AFP Docs), Arte, RTBF
Cinematography: Bernard Jallet, Nicolas Loir and footage recorded by AFP Journalists
Original Score: Thibault Cohade
Film Editing: Nicolas Bier, Cécil Cahen
International Sales: Arte France Distribution

Synopsis

Israel has blocked international press access to the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023. The Agence France-Presse Gaza staff reporters and photographers were among the few professional journalists to document the conflict. But the Western press refused to publish their work. Then they and their families became targets. Now forced into exile, those same AFP reporters bear witness to the task of documenting the deadliest war ever recorded for journalists, and the degree to which objective, factual journalism is currently under attack, threatening the very essence and future of war reporting.

Director’s bio

Documentary filmmaker Hélène Lam Trong holds degrees from the Institute of Political Studies in Toulouse and the School of Advanced Studies in Communication Sciences at the CELSA, Paris. She directed an episode of the series Zone Interdite (2010) and the documentary L’Absente, maman est en prison (2014). That was followed by four docs for France 2 television: Josephine H. (2018); Lilian Dubus (2020), The Red-Haired Child (2020); and ISIS: Children of Suspicion (2020). That was followed by ISIS, the Ghost Children (2023), which earned a Special Mention at the Justice Documentary Festival in Paris and the Albert Londres Prize for audio-visual work; and Raqqa, Shadow of ISIS (2024). Inside Gaza has already been honored with numerous prizes, including Best International Feature and Best Editing awards at the Documentary Edge Festival, making the film eligible for an Oscar nomination; both the Grand Prize and the Audience Award at the Festival International du Grand Reportage d’Actualité (FIGRA); and Best Global Issues Pitch at this year’s Sunny Side of the Doc festival.