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[tense music]

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[wind howling]

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Here are my skis.

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Hand made in Norway.

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I need help here.

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Yeah!

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- Ok, so you see these?
- What these?

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These are the ones that
are to be stuck here.

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- Put it in.
- Yeah.

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- But flatly.
- Like this?

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Yeah.

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Until you can't squeeze it anymore
and then we push it down

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- Ok!

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Let’s hope this will be a safe trip!

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I wish I could film it all.

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But it might not be possible
under these conditions.

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Any moment I can fall.

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[both laugh]

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- Wait, ok.

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- Arctic Mohamed.

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[chattering in Arabic]

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We didn't have a film school in Gaza.

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We film you from this corner.
Understood?

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So, I had to learn by doing.

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I told you to walk to the camera.

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This is how is to be an actor.

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You were so proud of me
when I started -

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- photography and film training
programs for young people.

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And I was only 21 years old myself.

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I turn the lens manually here.

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Then I lock the lens.

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Then I take a photo again.

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Understood?

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[people speaking indistinctly]

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You remember when the Norwegian
delegation came to Gaza in 2013?

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It was a part of the twin city exchange
between Gaza and Tromsø.

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I met Hermann, the head of the Nordic
Youth Film Festival in Tromsø.

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This is the lab room

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where they do their media courses

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talking about social networks.

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Hermann and I stayed in touch.

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-[car horns honking]
-[indistinct chatter]

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A few months later I received an invitation
from Hermann to participate in the festival.

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I gave you a hug
to last for a month.

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It was my first trip to Europe.

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- Mohamed came to be with us
in Tromsø for one month.

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To work with us.

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To make plans for the future.

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My trip coordinator, Gro,
made an intensive program.

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We traveled together to different towns
where I gave talks about our work in Gaza.

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The first night I arrived in Tromsø,

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it was dark and cold.

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Hermann and his wife Martha
hosted me at their home.

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Tromsø seems like
the edge of the world -

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- in the very north of Norway,
far above the Arctic circle.

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Towards the end of my trip

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Hermann took me on a whale safari.

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[whoosh as whale exhales]

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[Mohamed singing in Arabic]

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What's up guys! How are you?

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- Oh, Abu Jooj.
- Abu Jabaly!

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- How is Norway?

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How is life and the city?

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- Life is beautiful, Mohamed.

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- But for those who understand it.

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Soon I will be back in Gaza.

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- You know the borders are still closed?

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- There is a new decision that says

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- the Rafah border will be
closed indefinitely.

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Why?

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- It's a court decision.

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When?

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- Just go and check the news.
I don't know why.

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Did this decision come today? Today?

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- Yes, it was announced today.

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Oh shit.
- I don't know Mohamed.

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- There is something mysterious about it.

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It's a problem.
It's a big problem.

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[poignant music]

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The only gateway for Palestinians
between Gaza and the rest of the world -

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- is the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.

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But it’s complicated and often closed.

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It’s not easy to travel through.

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[crowd shouting]

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On my first attempt to travel
with the Norwegian visa,

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I carried my dreams
and went to the border.

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The sun set and my name
had still not been called.

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The only open space is the sky.
It's like we are in prison.

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I surrendered to the
circumstances and didn't travel.

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You, Mom, comforted me.

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You told me that I still have
a long life ahead of me

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with better opportunities.

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[explosion nearby]

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[people clamoring]

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[child wailing]

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- Watch out, the floor is full of glass!

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- The house next door has been bombed!

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Everything changed when
the new attacks on Gaza began.

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- Oh my god!

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- Be careful! They might attack again.

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- I hope they are not inside.

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- Don't go outside!
- No, I won't go out. I won't.

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You and Dad tried to keep me
from leaving our house.

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But with my camera,
I couldn't stay home.

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- Are there any injured?

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I volunteered with the ambulance unit.

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Filming was the only way for me
to understand what was going on.

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Gaza is now being attacked
from 4 different locations.

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Tell him that the situation is difficult.

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We could not enter the area.

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[explosion nearby]

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It's dangerous to enter.

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[sirens wailing]

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After 51 days of attacks,

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all parties agreed on a longer ceasefire.

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[indistinct chatter]

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After the ceasefire,
the border was easier to cross.

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A few months passed before I could
take up Hermann's invitation -

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- and travel to Tromsø.

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I packed my suitcase -

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- taking the material I filmed
during the attacks with me.

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The young Palestinian filmmaker
Mohamed Jabaly -

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- was only going on a short trip
to Norway to attend a seminar.

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But when Israel closed the border to Gaza
he became stuck in Tromsø.

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Thus, he had a unique
opportunity as a filmmaker.

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When the border to Gaza was closed
and Mohamed was denied return -

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- there was enough time to go through
the footage from the ambulance.

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Mohamed does not know
when the border to Gaza will open -

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- and he can go home again.

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It is a difficult situation -

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since the border crossing in Rafah -

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- from Egypt to Gaza was not opened.

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Then he could not travel
and had to stay here.

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Hallo.

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You should get a citizenship,
seek asylum or something.

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Or get married.

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What?

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I advise you, man.

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Don't lose this opportunity or
you are going to regret it.

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Don't worry about me, guys.

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Seek asylum at least.
The situation in Gaza is bad.

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It's getting worse and it's
like we are 50 years behind.

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There is nothing new?

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It's a shitty situation.
Not good at all.

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Now it's 6 hours of electricity -

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- and when it's 8 hours,
we feel the problem is solved.

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It's a disaster.

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Fix the sound.

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Wait, I don't hear anything.

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I spent most of my time
at the Tvibit Youth Center -

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- where Hermann has his office.

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Young artists and filmmakers
often meet there.

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Since my tourist visa
was about to expire

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Hermann advised me
to apply for an artist visa.

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I discovered that I was not
recognized as a Palestinian -

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- according to the Norwegian government.

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They listed me as stateless.

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[wind blowing]

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I'm going to document everything
to see what will happen.

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I don't know what life holds for me.

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The strange thing is that,
I'm walking and keep walking.

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No matter what, not losing anything.
I'm Gazan.

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The reason I'm here is Gaza.

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Walking on ice is not easy.

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There should be balance while walking.

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Here in Gaza.

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Here in Gaza.

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We are breaking a new record.

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[cheering]

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Love, love for our country.

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Hand by hand we are building it.

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For me, the airport meant my
Dad was coming home with gifts.

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[mellow music]

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When I was a teenager,
we took school trips to the airport.

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I always dreamed of traveling from it.

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There is light but we can't see it.

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It's something weird,
like nobody can talk about it.

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It's a winter secret of Tromsø.

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Oh, now it’s... Look!

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- It's amazing, wow.
- Nice northern light.

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That's how people suffer
in Tromsø when it's so cold.

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Oh my god.

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- Ok!
- Let's go.

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We are talking about
the situation right now -

00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:51.480
- and what if he goes back now?

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The border remained closed.

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Many people were telling
me to seek asylum.

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But I refused, because I refused
to give up my Palestinian identity.

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Gro, Christine and I are
preparing the visa application -

00:14:13.040 --> 00:14:16.080
- to apply for a new visa -

00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:19.160
- because my current one is about to expire.

00:14:20.140 --> 00:14:24.556
[Gro speaking indistinctly]

00:14:27.551 --> 00:14:30.401
[cell phone chimes]

00:14:30.405 --> 00:14:31.320
Turn on the video?

00:14:32.320 --> 00:14:34.160
How are you?

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- I’m good.

00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:36.680
- We are good.

00:14:36.880 --> 00:14:38.518
- Where are you now?

00:14:38.522 --> 00:14:41.318
I’m sitting here at Tvibit.

00:14:41.322 --> 00:14:43.720
- What hair, my darling.

00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:45.998
- Let me see!

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- Cut your hair.
- I won’t...

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- What hair! You look like a guerrilla.

00:14:51.042 --> 00:14:52.638
You woke me up.

00:14:52.642 --> 00:14:55.638
- Your hair is everywhere.

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- Don’t you want to cut it?

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I will cut it when I come to Gaza.

00:14:59.800 --> 00:15:02.080
Listen, if I get my visa
I will shave my hair.

00:15:02.400 --> 00:15:02.918
- What?

00:15:02.922 --> 00:15:04.438
When I get my visa, I will cut it.

00:15:04.442 --> 00:15:04.960
- What?

00:15:05.040 --> 00:15:06.920
If I get the visa, I will cut it.

00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:09.640
- I hope it will work out with the visa.

00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:13.758
- Are you still waiting for an answer?

00:15:13.762 --> 00:15:15.158
Yes.

00:15:15.162 --> 00:15:16.718
- What did they say to you?

00:15:16.722 --> 00:15:21.038
Not much, it’s a waiting limbo.

00:15:21.042 --> 00:15:24.040
My case is not the only one
at the immigration office.

00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:27.360
Many others are in the same situation.

00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:30.798
- Hermann and the festivals,
can't they help?

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I'm not sure.
We already sent the documents.

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Now it’s up to the
immigration department.

00:15:38.160 --> 00:15:44.120
Now it feels like I’m in Gaza,
only it’s cold and far away from you.

00:15:45.196 --> 00:15:46.733
[laughs]

00:15:47.270 --> 00:15:50.280
[seagulls squawking]

00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:54.560
I always love to share the
beauty of Gaza with the world.

00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:59.680
I love the sound of the market,
the vegetable vendors -

00:15:59.960 --> 00:16:02.440
- the noisy life of our street...

00:16:04.560 --> 00:16:08.480
...and our old house in the
heart of Shujaiya neighborhood.

00:16:10.760 --> 00:16:13.760
I always loved going to
my dad's workshop -

00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:19.560
- and watch him fix the
televisions and radios.

00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:22.760
The TV comes to him broken -

00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:27.440
- and in a few hours, life comes back
to it by my dad's hands.

00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:34.600
I counted the days twice.

00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:37.080
Once for the absence of the sun -

00:16:37.520 --> 00:16:39.800
- and once for missing you.

00:16:50.476 --> 00:16:52.703
[laughs]

00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:57.920
When a Palestinian touches the skis -

00:16:58.040 --> 00:16:59.880
- look what will happen.

00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:03.558
There is no news about my visa.

00:17:03.562 --> 00:17:08.200
But the new news is that I'm going
to ski for the second time in my life.

00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:13.158
Everybody who makes it to the
top will have a piece of chocolate.

00:17:13.162 --> 00:17:15.040
Oj, oj, oj! Woohoo!

00:17:15.520 --> 00:17:17.080
That's my challenge.

00:17:23.308 --> 00:17:25.613
[laughs]

00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:43.920
Nice that you have
fired up in here.

00:17:44.360 --> 00:17:47.360
Several people had heated
it up before we came.

00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:50.480
It’s always heated here
on the weekend.

00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:53.920
Yes, that's nice.

00:17:54.643 --> 00:17:57.369
[chattering in Norwegian]

00:18:01.939 --> 00:18:05.471
[seagulls squawking]

00:18:06.739 --> 00:18:10.233
[tense music]

00:18:15.840 --> 00:18:16.800
Thank God.

00:18:17.520 --> 00:18:18.480
Thank God.

00:18:28.704 --> 00:18:31.661
-[seagulls squawking]
-[yelps]

00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:38.400
- Getting to the top.

00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:48.640
Blessed Friday.

00:18:49.478 --> 00:18:52.128
[wind whistling]

00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:55.640
After waiting for more than 8 months -

00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:59.760
- I got a temporary artist
residency for a year.

00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:04.080
It was my first birthday
far from everyone.

00:19:04.560 --> 00:19:06.001
I turned 25.

00:19:06.005 --> 00:19:09.829
[singing birthday song
in Norwegian]

00:19:11.827 --> 00:19:13.695
[all whooping]

00:19:13.699 --> 00:19:16.400
- I hope it's a good picture.

00:19:16.600 --> 00:19:19.800
- That would be nice.
We'll think about that next time.

00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:23.680
- You got an award, a film prize.

00:19:24.080 --> 00:19:25.720
- How exciting!

00:19:28.280 --> 00:19:31.120
- Wow, a children’s book!

00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:33.680
- It's "My first 50 words."
- Yeah?

00:19:34.280 --> 00:19:38.680
- It's a very symbolic meaning because
we enjoyed having you here so much.

00:19:39.560 --> 00:19:41.840
- "Ready. Are you ready?"

00:19:42.360 --> 00:19:44.360
- No: "Clothes."

00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:47.280
- Ok, so it's clothes.

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:50.720
- So now you have to learn
them all and stay forever.

00:19:55.065 --> 00:19:58.713
[playing melancholy tune]

00:19:59.760 --> 00:20:02.760
I still live with Hermann and Martha.

00:20:03.800 --> 00:20:07.520
Hermann comes from Germany.
Martha is from the US.

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:13.598
They were very
understanding of my situation -

00:20:13.602 --> 00:20:17.080
- adapting to a new life.

00:20:21.520 --> 00:20:24.520
I told Mikesh, Hermann and Martha's cat, -

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:27.040
- everything that was happening to me.

00:20:28.040 --> 00:20:31.600
I felt he understood my Arabic.

00:20:36.280 --> 00:20:40.000
I didn't know how to cook,
but I learned.

00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:45.080
It was the only way I could experience
the smell and taste of home.

00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:50.200
Whenever I found a difficult recipe,
I would talk to you, Mom.

00:20:50.760 --> 00:20:53.280
You would explain to me
in detail what to do.

00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:55.920
How are you?

00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:57.840
How about you?
I'm good, I miss you.

00:20:58.240 --> 00:21:03.678
- We are fine. We have been
listening to the news all day.

00:21:03.682 --> 00:21:08.440
What is happening?
I read 6 people got killed.

00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:14.800
- Yes, near the border.
There was a demonstration there.

00:21:15.320 --> 00:21:20.040
- They throw stones over wires,
and they fire back bullets.

00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:22.600
- They are walking toward
death on their feet.

00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:25.238
The guys are also right.

00:21:25.242 --> 00:21:28.240
They are watching what is
happening in the West Bank.

00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:31.118
They are showing their
anger and solidarity.

00:21:31.122 --> 00:21:34.440
- I agree, but they also
have to think a bit.

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:38.438
- Now they died.
What did they get?

00:21:38.442 --> 00:21:39.920
Oh my God.

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:44.240
- Are you afraid another
war will break out?

00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:46.318
- I say:

00:21:46.322 --> 00:21:50.480
"If Mohamed was here,
he would have gone filming there."

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:54.760
But I hope nothing will happen.

00:21:56.680 --> 00:22:04.400
- It’s not in your hands,
if you were here or far away.

00:22:05.932 --> 00:22:09.964
[panicked shouting]

00:22:10.800 --> 00:22:14.680
I remember when dad agreed to buy me
the first mobile phone with a camera.

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:17.560
I was 14.

00:22:18.297 --> 00:22:21.269
[students speaking indistinctly]

00:22:21.520 --> 00:22:24.520
All my friends gathered
around me for a photo.

00:22:25.632 --> 00:22:28.550
[speaking indistinctly]

00:22:35.120 --> 00:22:37.160
I took pictures of
everything around me.

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:39.360
I became the camera guy.

00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:43.757
[rap music]

00:23:03.072 --> 00:23:05.644
[wind howling]

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:17.400
In the endless
winter nights of Tromsø -

00:23:19.040 --> 00:23:24.800
- I started watching the footage that
I shot during the attacks in Gaza.

00:23:27.760 --> 00:23:30.040
The wound was still open.

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:35.760
I felt I had to tell the story.

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:41.840
I decided to make a film about my
51 days with the ambulance unit.

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:52.800
While editing, I stopped the
missiles from falling on Gaza.

00:24:04.280 --> 00:24:09.600
With Hermann's help, I got my first grant
from the Northern Norway Film Center -

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:12.680
- and could start working
with a professional team.

00:24:12.760 --> 00:24:16.720
I like that idea to bring -

00:24:16.760 --> 00:24:20.480
- not only our little Tromsø world -

00:24:20.800 --> 00:24:23.800
- to Gaza, but the whole world.
- Yes.

00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:29.240
My editor lived in Copenhagen -

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:34.680
- so I went there to work
with her on the film.

00:24:38.800 --> 00:24:45.320
Today is Thursday.
The date I don’t know.

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:49.240
I'm in the editing room with Nanna -

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:51.600
- to make the best for the film.

00:24:53.318 --> 00:24:57.158
[speaking indistinctly
in Arabic]

00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:01.320
We can’t stay longer

00:25:01.560 --> 00:25:04.520
because we are tired
after a long day.

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:05.920
- Off we go.

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:07.160
I’ll push the button.

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.720
Ready?

00:25:09.040 --> 00:25:10.560
- Are you ready?
- I’m ready.

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:14.960
You see now the way we
cut the film Mohamed.

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:17.600
- It cannot be called Ambulance.
- No.

00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:19.760
- Do you feel that?
- No, thanks.

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:22.920
It’s called "My neighbor Mikesh."

00:25:24.360 --> 00:25:25.760
Hi, Russian girl.
How are you?

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:27.520
- How are you?
- How are you?

00:25:27.800 --> 00:25:30.520
- Ok, bye-bye. See you.
- Have a great weekend!

00:25:35.040 --> 00:25:38.160
I felt like a stranger
in Copenhagen.

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:41.640
The Rafah border to Gaza
was still closed.

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:45.120
Once again, my visa
was about to expire.

00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:50.880
I had to apply for a new visa
to keep working on the film.

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:55.160
I was thinking of you
all the time.

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:58.280
Oh, Mom.
I miss my mom.

00:25:58.640 --> 00:26:01.640
Oh, I miss sitting with her
having my morning coffee.

00:26:03.080 --> 00:26:05.200
And wake up very early like humans -

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:08.600
- to go to the youth center.

00:26:10.800 --> 00:26:13.120
I never intended to
live outside of Gaza.

00:26:14.280 --> 00:26:17.120
But I felt it was
important to be here -

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:20.880
- to share my voice
and our stories.

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:24.343
- I hope he doesn't get shot.

00:26:24.347 --> 00:26:28.220
[sirens wailing]

00:26:28.280 --> 00:26:32.680
I was ten years old when
the second intifada began.

00:26:33.734 --> 00:26:35.858
[explosions]

00:26:35.862 --> 00:26:38.600
It was the first time
I saw a warplane.

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:41.640
The sound was very loud.

00:26:41.683 --> 00:26:43.849
-[car horns honking]
-[sirens wailing]

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:47.188
But it was not louder
than our resistance.

00:26:47.192 --> 00:26:51.475
-[people clamoring]
-[car horn honking]

00:26:54.040 --> 00:26:57.520
I grew up with important events
in our Palestinian life.

00:26:58.425 --> 00:27:01.567
[camera shutter clicking]

00:27:01.571 --> 00:27:03.200
Five years after the intifada -

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:07.560
- we could finally move freely
within the Gaza strip.

00:27:08.280 --> 00:27:12.920
My friends and I were so excited to
take school trips and see everything.

00:27:13.938 --> 00:27:16.550
[camera shutter clicking]

00:27:18.278 --> 00:27:21.695
[excited shouting]

00:27:22.655 --> 00:27:24.667
[roundabout riders whooping]

00:27:24.690 --> 00:27:27.417
[noise from fair fades out]

00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:32.400
- What do you say, Mohamed?
- How is the situation?

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:35.078
- All good. It's still the same.

00:27:35.082 --> 00:27:37.200
- Is the weather getting better?

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:40.040
Not really. It won't get
better or anything.

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:44.240
- It's still cold.
- Really, ice cold?

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:48.040
- You don't see us!
We look like ghosts.

00:27:48.120 --> 00:27:51.680
- The electricity is cut?
- Bring the extra light, Ibrahim.

00:27:52.080 --> 00:27:54.960
When did they cut it?
What is the program?

00:27:55.360 --> 00:27:57.320
- It might come on
around midnight.

00:27:57.680 --> 00:28:00.080
- The program is 8 hours of
electricity, then 8 hours cut.

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:03.920
- They bring it again.
- Kind of generous of them.

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:08.240
- Why generous of them?
- They are so kind to us.

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:12.600
- Israel will make a new war.
- How?

00:28:13.800 --> 00:28:17.198
- They are talking about it.

00:28:17.202 --> 00:28:19.680
- No, they won't. It's just rumors.

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:22.760
I heard they attacked the other day?

00:28:22.840 --> 00:28:25.800
How is my grandfather?
I see it came back.

00:28:25.840 --> 00:28:29.520
- No, Ibrahim brought
an extra battery light.

00:28:30.040 --> 00:28:31.478
Ok.

00:28:31.482 --> 00:28:33.920
- Did you see it?
- Yes.

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:42.440
It's breaking up.

00:28:43.333 --> 00:28:47.105
[fragment of sentence]

00:28:47.109 --> 00:28:48.760
What?

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.680
- Hello.

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.880
What did you say?

00:28:53.520 --> 00:28:56.880
- I said, “What did you eat?”

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:58.838
I made shakshuka.

00:28:58.842 --> 00:29:01.080
- Open the window a little bit.

00:29:02.040 --> 00:29:05.040
How is the weather around you?

00:29:06.760 --> 00:29:10.320
- Shakshuka?
- Yes, kufta and other stuff.

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:13.520
With tomato and other stuff.

00:29:20.813 --> 00:29:23.270
[dog barking]

00:29:38.280 --> 00:29:40.838
We had the best idea -

00:29:40.842 --> 00:29:45.960
- to make an ambulance
like the one we drove in Gaza.

00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:55.800
The car travels with the film
wherever the film screens.

00:29:58.368 --> 00:30:00.863
[sirens wailing]

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:15.998
- So where are you going now?

00:30:16.002 --> 00:30:18.600
- The premiere!
- Which premiere?

00:30:18.760 --> 00:30:21.438
- Ok, we are going
to see the film.

00:30:21.442 --> 00:30:24.080
- World premiere!

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:29.320
- The filmmaker Mohamed Jabaly

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:31.640
- is here today.

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:34.160
Mohamed, please
meet your audience.

00:30:34.520 --> 00:30:36.280
Oh my god. Hello!

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:40.360
Look, how amazing.
How many people here.

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:54.960
The premiere at Sheffield was my last
trip outside of Norway with the film -

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:57.640
- before my visa expired.

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:08.040
Thank you.

00:31:16.280 --> 00:31:20.200
I'm going to the
police station now.

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:29.238
Yesterday, I got an email saying that the
immigration authorities (UDI) made a decision.

00:31:29.242 --> 00:31:33.838
The UDI sent me a letter.
The police are asking if I got it or not.

00:31:33.842 --> 00:31:37.280
I don't know if it is a
positive or negative decision.

00:31:41.049 --> 00:31:43.506
[tense music]

00:31:56.870 --> 00:31:59.366
[traffic humming]

00:32:06.320 --> 00:32:11.400
Yesterday, after meeting the police,
they gave me the decision.

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:14.760
My visa was rejected.

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:19.720
It's a big shock for me
and the whole team -

00:32:19.800 --> 00:32:23.080
- but we are going to
make a complaint.

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:28.318
I called Mom and told her
about the rejection -

00:32:28.322 --> 00:32:31.200
- and she lightened
things a bit for me.

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:35.800
Thank God.

00:32:39.760 --> 00:32:44.398
My visa was rejected by the UDI

00:32:44.402 --> 00:32:47.640
because I didn’t have a film degree.

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:53.720
I’m now going to a meeting -

00:32:54.600 --> 00:32:57.600
- regarding my visa, with a lawyer.

00:32:58.800 --> 00:33:01.800
This is John Arvid Berger.
- Hello.

00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:04.560
- So why we are here?

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:06.880
- Because of you.

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:11.158
- We’re fighting shoulder by shoulder,
back to back with you -

00:33:11.162 --> 00:33:16.280
- to be able to work
together on your film.

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:20.998
- We have two days to
deliver the appeal.

00:33:21.002 --> 00:33:22.480
- Here we go.

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:24.600
- Hello.

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:27.320
- Hello everyone.

00:33:27.760 --> 00:33:30.360
- I’m so sorry for being late.

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:33.000
We have some time here,
no problem.

00:33:33.800 --> 00:33:37.640
- I think the challenge
here is simply -

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:39.758
- the job description.

00:33:39.762 --> 00:33:41.798
- To communicate and
market a film -

00:33:41.802 --> 00:33:45.520
- is different from directing a film.

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:47.918
That is relatively correct,

00:33:47.922 --> 00:33:52.240
but it is also the director's job
to travel with the film.

00:33:52.320 --> 00:33:54.360
To present it to an audience.

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:59.360
- That's what I mean. We just have to
present it a bit differently -

00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:02.760
- to explain it to UDI.

00:34:09.680 --> 00:34:15.080
I’m very pleased to introduce "Ambulance"
directed by Mohamed Jabaly.

00:34:15.560 --> 00:34:18.160
I should be here with you guys,
but like you know -

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:21.320
the situation is always like...

00:34:21.600 --> 00:34:24.600
... the walls always stop me
from moving.

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:27.320
But anyway, I’m here.

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:29.278
- Can you tell us where
you are, Mohamed?

00:34:29.282 --> 00:34:35.400
I’m now in Tromsø,
the northern part of Norway.

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:38.480
I’m here waiting to get my visa.

00:34:40.914 --> 00:34:43.925
[speaking indistinctly]

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:48.960
When we travel, we travel through Egypt.
Through the Rafah crossing point.

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:51.600
And that border is closed.

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.958
Hello FIPA!

00:34:53.962 --> 00:34:56.878
Thank you so much for
giving me these two awards.

00:34:56.882 --> 00:35:00.440
Thank you and
I wish I could be with you.

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:03.198
The Norwegian government has rejected -

00:35:03.202 --> 00:35:08.240
- his application to work as a
film director in Norway.

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:13.000
He is appealing his
last chance right now.

00:35:13.939 --> 00:35:16.588
[audience applauding]

00:35:22.640 --> 00:35:25.198
- How was the screening?
How many people were inside?

00:35:25.202 --> 00:35:27.798
- It was full.
-  Full house.

00:35:27.802 --> 00:35:30.560
- Ok, sounds cool...

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:41.760
Now I got a new rejection
for the appeal that we sent.

00:35:42.160 --> 00:35:48.278
They have transferred my case
to a higher authority than the UDI.

00:35:48.282 --> 00:35:54.080
The UDI sent my case to the Immigration
Appeals Board (UNE) for a new appeal.

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:58.240
My lawyer says there is a wait time
of another 3 months.

00:36:02.476 --> 00:36:04.972
[mumbling]

00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:40.800
- We are good here.
Everything is fine.

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:43.158
- Happy Eid to you.

00:36:43.162 --> 00:36:46.160
I hope all is good and that you
have had a good time, Mom.

00:36:46.200 --> 00:36:48.638
Did you have good time?
What are you up to?

00:36:48.642 --> 00:36:50.960
- All good, we are here.

00:36:51.240 --> 00:36:54.560
- Not much. Your uncle
is coming to visit us soon.

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:57.760
My grandfather is coming today too.

00:36:58.680 --> 00:37:01.400
- Yes, they are staying at
the old house until 10am.

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:04.440
- Then they will come and
take the family tour.

00:37:06.680 --> 00:37:11.520
I hope the upcoming days will be better
and I can manage to travel to Gaza.

00:37:15.206 --> 00:37:17.695
[call to prayer]

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:20.600
Third Eid without my family.

00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:32.680
I’ve always celebrated Eid with
my family my whole life.

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:38.480
Circumstances are stronger this time
and stand in the way.

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:41.040
We can't say anything.

00:37:42.354 --> 00:37:45.042
[singing traditional hymn]

00:38:00.634 --> 00:38:01.609
[line ringing]

00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:02.598
- Hello.

00:38:02.602 --> 00:38:03.918
- Hi Christine.

00:38:03.922 --> 00:38:05.680
- Hey.
- How are you?

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:08.560
- Good.
- We're all here.

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:12.600
- I came here and they saw
the new letter from the lawyer.

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:17.400
- I didn't see it or read it
in a clear way.

00:38:17.720 --> 00:38:20.680
I didn't see the whole
numbers and everything.

00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:24.480
I really got scared.

00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:27.120
I mean, I need your help.
- Yeah.

00:38:27.240 --> 00:38:30.560
This will be not easy.
I feel the fear.

00:38:30.680 --> 00:38:36.080
That's what Hermann has
seen in my eyes yesterday.

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:39.800
How I was a little bit
skeptical of things.

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:45.040
I just want to find a
solution in a pressured way.

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:49.838
If you feel like this is something
heavy for you, just let me know.

00:38:49.842 --> 00:38:51.520
I can manage things.

00:38:51.840 --> 00:38:53.440
I’m 26.

00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:57.880
- Ok. As far as it comes
to me, I understand.

00:38:58.680 --> 00:39:03.320
And I support you
as far as I'm able to.

00:39:03.520 --> 00:39:04.920
I'm capable to.

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:09.240
The most important thing for me
is that you express what you want.

00:39:10.600 --> 00:39:13.840
That you, in a way -

00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:18.440
- lead us in the direction it has to go.

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:21.360
A big part of this, especially
when it comes to selecting -

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:25.680
- where to go, what to
decide for your life as far as...

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:30.640
As it is so big decisions.

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:32.840
It's your decision.

00:39:33.040 --> 00:39:35.960
What do you think, Christine?

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:38.520
- I believe in you, Mohamed.

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:42.760
- I believe in the common project -

00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:46.240
- that we have taken
together as a team.

00:39:46.720 --> 00:39:49.318
- I'm concerned about -

00:39:49.322 --> 00:39:51.638
- if the government
rejects the possibility -

00:39:51.642 --> 00:39:56.440
- for you to stay during
this processing time -

00:39:56.720 --> 00:39:58.880
- I will go away for Christmas -

00:39:59.080 --> 00:40:01.840
- and you will not be
here when I get back.

00:40:02.240 --> 00:40:04.840
- We will make a mark,
whatever happens.

00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:05.878
Yeah.

00:40:05.882 --> 00:40:08.000
- And I’m 100%.

00:40:21.446 --> 00:40:24.848
[man speaking
indistinctly in Arabic]

00:40:24.851 --> 00:40:30.040
Everything stopped. Gaza is the
only thing that keeps beating.

00:40:31.315 --> 00:40:34.348
[man on TV
speaking indistinctly in Arabic]

00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:45.880
- Listen, what is this strange sound?

00:40:46.240 --> 00:40:48.080
- It’s warplanes.
- What?

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:50.840
- It’s the ambulances.

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:57.718
You were all there and I was here.
Living between two worlds.

00:40:57.722 --> 00:41:00.080
Limited by screen size.

00:41:00.600 --> 00:41:02.998
- Do you remember in 2014 -

00:41:03.002 --> 00:41:06.880
- when they bombed us heavily,
also with the F16 sonic bombs?

00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:08.160
Yes.

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:13.318
- Yes, they scare people with that.

00:41:13.322 --> 00:41:17.840
- You were young then.

00:41:22.502 --> 00:41:25.704
[man on TV speaking
indistinctly in Arabic]

00:41:25.727 --> 00:41:29.068
[explosions]

00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:50.360
A rejection came from UNE.

00:41:54.040 --> 00:42:00.240
The final decision. It says I
have to leave the country -

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:03.600
- before the 21st of December.

00:42:05.472 --> 00:42:08.475
-[speaking indistinctly]
-[indistinct chatter nearby]

00:42:08.479 --> 00:42:09.280
- Hello.

00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:14.400
- Did you...?
- It was heavy.

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:17.200
- I'm totally wet.
- You didn’t...?

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:20.280
- Ok.
- Here, you see.

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:22.758
Oh my god!
But are you good?

00:42:22.762 --> 00:42:25.598
I’m good. I think so, yes.

00:42:25.602 --> 00:42:29.400
- But you didn’t read your email yet?
- No.

00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:31.520
Is it something good?

00:42:31.600 --> 00:42:34.600
It’s always something good.

00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:37.840
Nothing happens here.
No internet.

00:42:40.520 --> 00:42:43.520
- Oh, that's final.

00:42:46.520 --> 00:42:48.398
This is the final decision.

00:42:48.402 --> 00:42:49.160
Yeah.

00:42:49.880 --> 00:42:51.520
It's not good.

00:42:52.720 --> 00:42:56.360
It seems that I’m ready to go home.

00:42:58.360 --> 00:43:01.360
Even before Christmas.

00:43:03.920 --> 00:43:05.120
Ok.

00:43:07.560 --> 00:43:15.800
I say that we try to make an appointment
with the lawyer on Monday.

00:43:16.600 --> 00:43:18.760
On Skype or phone.

00:43:26.457 --> 00:43:28.876
[rumbling]

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:34.080
The last rejection brought me back
to the worst night during the war.

00:43:35.558 --> 00:43:37.938
[explosions]

00:43:39.280 --> 00:43:42.000
I felt like my heart
stopped for a moment.

00:43:43.520 --> 00:43:44.640
The war.

00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:46.000
The rejection.

00:43:46.600 --> 00:43:47.600
The death.

00:43:48.040 --> 00:43:49.080
The life.

00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:54.360
I saw death and managed
to escape from it.

00:43:55.440 --> 00:43:56.760
I survived the war.

00:43:57.360 --> 00:44:01.200
I would overcome this too.

00:44:09.240 --> 00:44:12.238
- What about alternatives
to education?

00:44:12.242 --> 00:44:16.560
Like asylum, like refugee.
What's the ...?

00:44:16.640 --> 00:44:18.238
- To seek asylum?
- Yes.

00:44:18.242 --> 00:44:19.398
No, I don't think so -

00:44:19.402 --> 00:44:22.480
- because that would probably
close all your opportunities -

00:44:22.520 --> 00:44:24.838
- in the future to get a visa.
- Yeah.

00:44:24.842 --> 00:44:27.040
And you will most likely
get a rejection.

00:44:27.120 --> 00:44:30.118
The policy as it is now
is extremely strict.

00:44:30.122 --> 00:44:31.598
We can disagree on that -

00:44:31.602 --> 00:44:33.598
- but we know that you fulfill
other requirements.

00:44:33.602 --> 00:44:34.800
There will be other options.

00:44:34.920 --> 00:44:41.000
I’m in the meeting about my visa.
Now the phone is ringing from the lawyer.

00:44:41.720 --> 00:44:46.238
- Hi Runa.
- Hi Hermann. Sorry that I’m late.

00:44:46.242 --> 00:44:49.080
- That's ok.
- Everyone is sitting and waiting.

00:44:49.400 --> 00:44:52.638
- You all have read through
the decision from UNE?

00:44:52.642 --> 00:44:53.400
Yes.

00:44:53.560 --> 00:44:57.358
- So basically, it is a
negative final decision.

00:44:57.362 --> 00:45:02.160
- The only way to appeal it
is to go to court.

00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:05.800
How strong is that
case to go to court?

00:45:06.560 --> 00:45:10.440
- I think it is an interesting
case to take to court.

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:14.960
- It's never actually been tried,
a case like this.

00:45:15.240 --> 00:45:19.758
- We can argue that it's the
wrong understanding of the law -

00:45:19.762 --> 00:45:22.760
- and a wrong
understanding of the facts.

00:45:23.240 --> 00:45:26.558
- People from the film industry
are more likely to -

00:45:26.562 --> 00:45:28.438
- know this better than UNE.

00:45:28.442 --> 00:45:31.800
That is the main thing for us.

00:45:31.840 --> 00:45:35.520
They don't recognize the qualifications.

00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:41.318
Can I somehow send them
some of my previous work, like films -

00:45:41.322 --> 00:45:45.760
-or something? Like my latest film.
Or some other stuff they can see?

00:45:46.240 --> 00:45:51.318
- Yeah, you can send that.
You can also bring some of that to court.

00:45:51.322 --> 00:45:52.640
Ok.

00:45:52.960 --> 00:45:56.880
What time perspective do you have -

00:45:57.080 --> 00:45:59.680
- in relation to December 21st?

00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:05.520
Because this is an important date
regarding Mohamed's stay here in Norway.

00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:12.480
- The next step will be to send a
warning for a lawsuit to UNE in writing.

00:46:13.240 --> 00:46:19.560
- Then it's important that Mohamed
tries to return or leave Schengen -

00:46:20.080 --> 00:46:25.320
- as soon as possible so that he doesn't
get any illegal stay in Norway.

00:46:25.480 --> 00:46:29.480
- You don't have any rights
or right to work or anything.

00:46:29.600 --> 00:46:30.638
Yes.

00:46:30.642 --> 00:46:31.878
Ok.

00:46:31.882 --> 00:46:35.560
- Thank you.
- Bye.

00:46:35.760 --> 00:46:38.518
I actually have to go because
we have a family from Iran -

00:46:38.522 --> 00:46:41.760
- that is basically about to be
expelled in all this.

00:46:43.640 --> 00:46:46.640
Keep me updated and
let me know what I should do.

00:46:47.120 --> 00:46:49.438
- We'll talk soon.
- We'll talk soon.

00:46:49.442 --> 00:46:50.160
Bye.

00:46:50.200 --> 00:46:53.200
- Mohanad.
- Not Mohanad. Mohamed.

00:46:53.400 --> 00:46:55.520
- Mohamet.
- Mohamed!

00:46:55.920 --> 00:46:57.720
- Mohamed!
- Yeah.

00:46:57.880 --> 00:47:00.880
Versus the government of Norway.

00:47:01.080 --> 00:47:03.840
Yeah, I'm trying to fight for my rights.

00:47:04.080 --> 00:47:07.080
Not fight. I mean we
hate fight, you know.

00:47:07.160 --> 00:47:08.478
Why do we hate fight?

00:47:08.482 --> 00:47:09.640
We just talk.

00:47:10.040 --> 00:47:11.640
Dialog is always good.

00:47:12.200 --> 00:47:14.640
Why are you like coming closer?

00:47:14.680 --> 00:47:17.200
I can't get the focus right.

00:47:17.680 --> 00:47:20.680
- I'm a good filmmaker.
- Hermann versus focus.

00:47:30.760 --> 00:47:33.400
It’s snowing today.
A lot.

00:47:35.840 --> 00:47:41.080
I have to leave by
the 21st of December.

00:47:41.920 --> 00:47:45.640
I have no choice and
I don't know where to go.

00:47:49.560 --> 00:47:51.280
I’m going to miss Tromsø.

00:47:57.960 --> 00:48:01.918
It's a difficult feeling, not knowing
where you are heading.

00:48:01.922 --> 00:48:04.080
Or what to wait for.

00:48:05.760 --> 00:48:09.560
But it's very important
to not surrender.

00:48:11.600 --> 00:48:15.360
Oh, I'm upside down.
You see me upside down.

00:48:15.880 --> 00:48:21.160
Maybe it is our life that is
upside down, not me.

00:48:21.360 --> 00:48:25.520
That's at least the
feeling one can get.

00:48:26.640 --> 00:48:29.960
Friends are a gift.

00:48:33.800 --> 00:48:34.918
- Listen to this.

00:48:34.922 --> 00:48:35.480
- Listen to this.

00:48:36.499 --> 00:48:38.918
[oud music]

00:48:40.146 --> 00:48:45.023
[Mohamed singing
along in Arabic]

00:49:27.440 --> 00:49:29.920
I'm going to fight it.

00:49:32.000 --> 00:49:34.560
Hello Christine, what do you
think of the decision?

00:49:34.800 --> 00:49:37.680
- Going to court. Are you happy?
- I am happy.

00:49:39.440 --> 00:49:42.278
- Gro, what do you think?
- Good. Good decision.

00:49:42.282 --> 00:49:44.600
- Yeah?
- There will be no other options.

00:49:44.680 --> 00:49:47.278
- I think it’s cool.
I think it’s brave.

00:49:47.282 --> 00:49:49.758
I acknowledge Mohamed Jabaly -

00:49:49.762 --> 00:49:51.198
- as a film director -

00:49:51.202 --> 00:49:54.080
- a colleague and a film worker.

00:49:54.280 --> 00:49:55.680
# Mohamed is my colleague.

00:49:56.000 --> 00:49:58.638
I acknowledge Mohamed Jabaly -

00:49:58.642 --> 00:50:00.760
- as a director and film worker.

00:50:01.000 --> 00:50:03.760
I have no degree in film production -

00:50:04.080 --> 00:50:08.960
- but it hasn't stopped me from
living as a filmmaker since I was 20.

00:50:09.400 --> 00:50:12.248
# Mohamed is my colleague.

00:50:12.252 --> 00:50:13.421
[indistinct overlapping voices]

00:50:14.920 --> 00:50:19.160
Hi, my name is Marianne Kleven. I am
the head of the Film Director Association.

00:50:19.440 --> 00:50:21.080
I acknowledge Mohamed Jabaly -

00:50:21.200 --> 00:50:23.160
- as a film director and
a very good colleague.

00:50:24.040 --> 00:50:25.040
Really!

00:50:26.976 --> 00:50:29.586
[indistinct chatter]

00:50:34.760 --> 00:50:39.040
Together we just want to be
in a creative atmosphere.

00:50:40.000 --> 00:50:42.240
To be connected to each other.

00:50:42.360 --> 00:50:46.120
Our hope is that people
will present some ideas tonight.

00:50:46.640 --> 00:50:48.440
We will use Mohamed
as a stepping stone -

00:50:49.120 --> 00:50:52.120
- for our campaign.

00:50:52.600 --> 00:50:55.200
I mean he is not bothering anyone.

00:50:56.160 --> 00:50:58.040
And he is not asking for asylum.

00:50:58.360 --> 00:51:01.560
What is Norwegian?
What is being Norwegian to you?

00:51:01.880 --> 00:51:05.318
You know, actually the sense of
identity is not national dress -

00:51:05.322 --> 00:51:07.400
- and traditional food or whatever.

00:51:07.560 --> 00:51:10.160
It's how you treat people.

00:51:23.440 --> 00:51:26.160
This is the voicemail for 9524.

00:51:28.680 --> 00:51:31.160
Hello Runa, it's Mohamed.

00:51:31.320 --> 00:51:33.598
I got the call from the police.

00:51:33.602 --> 00:51:38.398
They asked me to show papers
that I'm leaving on Wednesday.

00:51:38.402 --> 00:51:41.520
So, I don't know how
to explain the situation.

00:51:41.760 --> 00:51:46.560
I tried to tell them and they said
they will call me again tomorrow.

00:51:46.800 --> 00:51:50.800
So, call me. Okay.

00:51:56.680 --> 00:51:59.720
I don't like the idea that you are -

00:52:01.000 --> 00:52:04.640
- leaving because ...

00:52:09.000 --> 00:52:12.400
... because this state doesn't like you.

00:52:25.200 --> 00:52:28.038
My name is Hermann Greuel and -

00:52:28.042 --> 00:52:33.400
- I am responsible for bringing
Mohamed Jabaly to Tromsø.

00:52:34.800 --> 00:52:38.758
The situation now is that he
probably has to leave the country.

00:52:38.762 --> 00:52:42.480
The big question is,
where shall he go?

00:52:42.800 --> 00:52:46.800
Since Gaza is closed.

00:52:48.000 --> 00:52:50.720
I don't know actually where to go.

00:52:51.000 --> 00:52:54.560
It's really hard and is
stressing me at the moment.

00:52:55.440 --> 00:52:57.920
I'm trying to be strong -

00:52:58.280 --> 00:52:59.920
- but sometimes I can't.

00:53:00.160 --> 00:53:02.760
I'm thinking all the time
and I'm dreaming of this.

00:53:03.080 --> 00:53:06.080
I've never been in a situation
like this before.

00:53:06.160 --> 00:53:09.160
I don't wish to be in this situation.

00:53:09.600 --> 00:53:14.640
It's nice that the
deputy mayor can be here.

00:53:15.840 --> 00:53:18.840
It was nice to listen to you, Mohamed.

00:53:19.040 --> 00:53:24.360
I represent the big flock.

00:53:24.560 --> 00:53:27.078
And you are a part of the flock.

00:53:27.082 --> 00:53:28.960
The big flock is called Tromsø.

00:53:29.400 --> 00:53:33.440
When I listen to Mohamed now,
I think that he's a Tromsø guy.

00:53:33.920 --> 00:53:38.440
As they said in New York City: "If you
make it here, you make it anywhere."

00:53:38.640 --> 00:53:43.998
You made it here.
What else can you argue for?

00:53:44.002 --> 00:53:49.078
In my eyes, this man is
a filmmaker. That's how it is.

00:53:49.082 --> 00:53:52.000
- In the text you sent us, it says -

00:53:52.240 --> 00:53:55.600
- you have to leave on
the 21st of December.

00:53:55.720 --> 00:53:57.358
- That's in two days.
- Yes.

00:53:57.362 --> 00:53:58.558
- Will that happen?

00:53:58.562 --> 00:54:04.160
If the answer from UNE
comes by Wednesday, yes.

00:54:04.240 --> 00:54:10.080
If it comes on Thursday or after
Christmas, he can stay until then.

00:54:10.200 --> 00:54:16.320
We hope that the police know
about Mohamed's situation.

00:54:17.280 --> 00:54:22.560
That they at least
use common sense.

00:54:23.000 --> 00:54:24.520
How are you?

00:54:24.680 --> 00:54:27.040
I'm trying to be good.

00:54:28.000 --> 00:54:29.398
It is tiring and -

00:54:29.402 --> 00:54:33.680
- as I said I really don't
wish to be in this situation.

00:54:34.520 --> 00:54:36.600
Thank you.

00:54:37.720 --> 00:54:39.760
For listening to me.

00:54:44.840 --> 00:54:47.478
How will you spend your days?
Tuesday until Wednesday -

00:54:47.482 --> 00:54:50.040
- when you possibly
will have to leave?

00:54:50.800 --> 00:54:54.000
I have to be
prepared for anything.

00:54:54.280 --> 00:54:57.320
So, I will just take it slow.

00:54:57.520 --> 00:54:59.560
Try to not stress...

00:54:59.760 --> 00:55:03.200
If you're being shipped out on
Wednesday or on a later occasion -

00:55:03.360 --> 00:55:05.918
- will you fear returning to Norway?

00:55:05.922 --> 00:55:10.518
Of course, if I got
to be invited here -

00:55:10.522 --> 00:55:12.360
- for a festival or...

00:55:12.880 --> 00:55:14.160
I mean, I love the people here.

00:55:14.200 --> 00:55:16.920
And I love the country
and the nature -

00:55:17.000 --> 00:55:19.280
- and everything.

00:55:19.920 --> 00:55:24.918
- When the Palestinian director applied
for a work permit, he was refused.

00:55:24.922 --> 00:55:27.718
I got a lot of support
from many people.

00:55:27.722 --> 00:55:30.400
From local people,
from the film industry.

00:55:30.440 --> 00:55:34.280
Everybody trying to help and
to stand with me in this case.

00:55:34.640 --> 00:55:40.080
- So, after two years with a temporary
artist visa in Gaza's twin city, Tromsø -

00:55:40.200 --> 00:55:42.680
Mohamed must now leave the country.

00:55:52.640 --> 00:55:54.480
You have to stop that.

00:55:54.600 --> 00:55:55.878
What? Sorry?

00:55:55.882 --> 00:55:57.598
You must stay on your own property.

00:55:57.602 --> 00:56:00.600
And damn it, don't put it over on ours.

00:56:01.280 --> 00:56:04.120
- I can't understand you, sorry.
- You have to stop that!

00:56:04.200 --> 00:56:06.400
Fast as hell! We're
keeping an eye on you.

00:56:06.480 --> 00:56:08.760
What is he saying?

00:56:09.360 --> 00:56:13.000
He wonders what you're saying.
He doesn't understand.

00:56:13.880 --> 00:56:15.880
What is he saying?

00:56:16.120 --> 00:56:17.880
Not to put the snow here.

00:56:18.000 --> 00:56:20.280
Ok, I didn't know.

00:56:20.880 --> 00:56:22.720
- I mean, where else should....
- I don't know.

00:56:22.920 --> 00:56:27.480
You have to because
there will be a truck coming...

00:56:27.600 --> 00:56:32.000
- Yeah, that’s what I thought.
- Yeah, taking everything away.

00:56:42.640 --> 00:56:45.238
- Your body language is
mixed up my friend.

00:56:45.242 --> 00:56:48.480
Yeah, it's too much,
things happening.

00:56:53.640 --> 00:56:56.800
So, it's difficult.
It's very difficult.

00:56:57.880 --> 00:57:00.400
- You ever thought about
that when you left Gaza?

00:57:00.800 --> 00:57:03.720
I didn't. I never thought
about any of these things.

00:57:03.960 --> 00:57:08.200
I thought, I'm just gonna go for
one month and then go back again.

00:57:09.080 --> 00:57:14.760
Really, to live in... to be stressing
living in the phone call -

00:57:14.960 --> 00:57:18.240
- that can decide what is
happening in your life...

00:57:18.960 --> 00:57:20.520
It's crazy.

00:57:20.640 --> 00:57:22.600
It's really crazy.

00:57:25.560 --> 00:57:27.000
What is this?

00:57:27.960 --> 00:57:29.320
Mailbox.

00:57:29.760 --> 00:57:34.920
But now how... will this
register for the police?

00:57:35.840 --> 00:57:36.678
- Hmm?

00:57:36.682 --> 00:57:40.280
How will the police understand this?

00:57:40.520 --> 00:57:46.718
- I think Runa has to talk to them.
If not today, then tomorrow morning.

00:57:46.722 --> 00:57:50.200
- Maybe because of the press -

00:57:50.320 --> 00:57:53.758
- everything is now
in a stress situation.

00:57:53.762 --> 00:57:56.078
- Mmm...
- And...

00:57:56.082 --> 00:58:01.238
- ...UNE is now pushing the
Tromsø police to get you out.

00:58:01.242 --> 00:58:03.320
Yeah, of course.

00:58:05.160 --> 00:58:07.558
- From when is this email?
- Just now.

00:58:07.562 --> 00:58:11.920
- Yeah, then tell her the
police contacted you.

00:58:12.120 --> 00:58:13.560
Yeah.

00:58:13.920 --> 00:58:15.440
- “Me.”

00:58:15.960 --> 00:58:18.960
- How?
- “Contacted me.”

00:58:20.960 --> 00:58:21.880
- “I.”

00:58:22.120 --> 00:58:25.120
- Not, "That I have to leave."
"That I leave."

00:58:25.560 --> 00:58:28.160
- What?
- "That I leave."

00:58:28.240 --> 00:58:31.240
- "That I’m leaving."
"I am leaving."

00:58:32.160 --> 00:58:34.200
- "Leaving..."

00:58:35.120 --> 00:58:36.680
- "for the answer" -

00:58:36.880 --> 00:58:39.600
- "for the answer” -

00:58:39.960 --> 00:58:41.000
- "from..."

00:58:41.960 --> 00:58:43.880
- "of UNE..."
"of"

00:58:44.320 --> 00:58:47.080
- "from the letter of today."

00:58:47.560 --> 00:58:48.400
- Period.

00:58:49.160 --> 00:58:52.160
- “Can you contact the police?”

00:58:53.400 --> 00:58:55.600
- Do you have some number?

00:58:59.400 --> 00:59:01.440
- Her name is Elin.

00:59:04.120 --> 00:59:05.280
- Elin.

00:59:05.520 --> 00:59:06.720
- E L I N

00:59:07.240 --> 00:59:07.600
- E

00:59:08.040 --> 00:59:09.360
- E L I

00:59:09.600 --> 00:59:10.480
- E

00:59:10.880 --> 00:59:12.080
- E! No.

00:59:12.640 --> 00:59:13.040
- E

00:59:13.080 --> 00:59:13.480
- L

00:59:13.640 --> 00:59:13.960
- I

00:59:14.040 --> 00:59:14.520
- N

00:59:16.200 --> 00:59:18.200
She said N N.

00:59:18.320 --> 00:59:20.600
- Elinn.
- Yeah, then with “nn”. Ok.

00:59:20.800 --> 00:59:22.120
- Whatever.

00:59:23.280 --> 00:59:24.560
- Period. Out.

00:59:27.680 --> 00:59:30.120
- Yeah, no need to write that.

00:59:30.600 --> 00:59:32.480
- “Mohamed.”

00:59:35.720 --> 00:59:38.720
- I put you on copy.
- Yeah, fine.

00:59:57.360 --> 01:00:00.360
Can we listen to some music?

01:00:03.200 --> 01:00:05.960
- I’m not in the mood for music now.

01:00:08.240 --> 01:00:11.240
Just a little bit.

01:00:13.120 --> 01:00:15.840
- I mean what you can do eventually -

01:00:15.920 --> 01:00:18.560
- is to buy a ticket to London.

01:00:19.480 --> 01:00:22.438
- Maybe for this weekend.

01:00:22.442 --> 01:00:23.680
- And...

01:00:23.880 --> 01:00:26.280
- ...show that to the police.

01:00:28.680 --> 01:00:35.080
- I mean, you have to tell
them anyway... that...

01:00:35.720 --> 01:00:38.240
Tomorrow maybe I go
and meet her.

01:00:38.600 --> 01:00:41.880
- Hmm?
- Meet this person...

01:00:42.640 --> 01:00:44.920
...who called me today.
The police.

01:00:44.960 --> 01:00:47.078
- You will go to the
police tomorrow?

01:00:47.082 --> 01:00:49.520
- Shall I come with you?

01:00:50.937 --> 01:00:53.471
[saxophone music]

01:01:12.710 --> 01:01:13.915
[cell phone ringing]

01:01:13.920 --> 01:01:14.718
- Hello!

01:01:14.722 --> 01:01:17.120
- Hello, is that Mohamed?
- Yes, yes.

01:01:17.960 --> 01:01:19.560
- It’s Linn from the police again.

01:01:19.640 --> 01:01:20.560
Yes.

01:01:22.920 --> 01:01:25.440
- The phone number for your lawyer...

01:01:25.640 --> 01:01:27.158
- ...have you talked to her?

01:01:27.162 --> 01:01:30.720
I spoke to her today and
she already sent something -

01:01:30.840 --> 01:01:32.718
- to the local police here.

01:01:32.722 --> 01:01:34.840
And she said she’s going
to call you, I guess... -

01:01:35.680 --> 01:01:37.360
- ...40 minutes ago, she said -

01:01:37.480 --> 01:01:40.160
- I will call them back around 12:00.

01:01:40.800 --> 01:01:43.120
- Ok, yes. That's nice.

01:01:43.160 --> 01:01:44.040
- Yeah.
- Thank you.

01:01:44.160 --> 01:01:47.160
Thank you so much Elinn.

01:01:47.960 --> 01:01:50.960
Thank you so much.
Bye-bye.

01:01:52.960 --> 01:01:55.080
Fuck!

01:01:56.063 --> 01:01:58.368
[humming]

01:02:09.920 --> 01:02:12.520
- Who?
- The police.

01:02:13.560 --> 01:02:15.278
When do I have to leave?

01:02:15.282 --> 01:02:19.078
- By the 30th of December.

01:02:19.082 --> 01:02:21.198
- Then I have Christmas.
- Then you have Christmas.

01:02:21.202 --> 01:02:23.078
FUCK, yes!

01:02:23.082 --> 01:02:25.840
Oh my god.

01:02:26.160 --> 01:02:28.120
Oh my god.

01:02:30.040 --> 01:02:31.440
Wow.

01:02:32.120 --> 01:02:32.880
Oh my god.

01:02:33.320 --> 01:02:35.680
Thank God.

01:02:37.040 --> 01:02:39.240
They gave me a ten-day extension.

01:02:39.480 --> 01:02:44.480
To stay here to fix my situation.

01:02:45.800 --> 01:02:47.640
I’m gonna write on Facebook.

01:02:48.000 --> 01:02:51.200
- That you got an extension.
- Yeah, for ten days.

01:02:51.440 --> 01:02:53.240
From the police.

01:02:53.840 --> 01:02:56.200
Wait a little bit with that.

01:02:56.600 --> 01:02:58.318
This is breaking news.

01:02:58.322 --> 01:02:59.798
It should be on Tromsø Radio:

01:02:59.802 --> 01:03:03.118
"Breaking news! Mohamed got
a ten-day extension.”

01:03:03.122 --> 01:03:04.880
- Stop it!
- Ok, no.

01:03:05.760 --> 01:03:07.760
You're like my dad.

01:03:09.600 --> 01:03:13.800
- Anyway, now, first we are happy.
- Yeah.

01:03:14.240 --> 01:03:18.120
We are glad.
We express our happiness together.

01:03:18.240 --> 01:03:19.958
- We make a party.

01:03:19.962 --> 01:03:21.320
But... but...

01:03:21.400 --> 01:03:24.798
Let us first think about...

01:03:24.802 --> 01:03:29.440
After we have been happy,
we start thinking about what that means.

01:03:29.520 --> 01:03:30.880
- Yeah.
- Okay.

01:03:31.040 --> 01:03:32.438
- The thing is -

01:03:32.442 --> 01:03:35.240
- nothing has changed.
- Of course, no.

01:03:35.280 --> 01:03:37.720
I have to leave, but in ten days.

01:03:38.000 --> 01:03:39.158
Nothing has changed.

01:03:39.162 --> 01:03:43.760
What we actually want
hasn’t happened yet.

01:03:43.880 --> 01:03:45.440
- No.

01:03:46.540 --> 01:03:48.076
[guitar music]

01:03:48.080 --> 01:03:48.600
- Gaza.

01:03:49.280 --> 01:03:50.398
- Yalabi.

01:03:50.402 --> 01:03:51.640
- Gaza.

01:03:52.400 --> 01:03:53.320
- Gaza.

01:03:55.103 --> 01:03:57.153
[Mohamed laughing]

01:03:57.157 --> 01:04:00.360
- Bob Marley is turning
in his grave right now!

01:04:01.200 --> 01:04:04.080
- Jabaly, not Yalabi.

01:04:04.400 --> 01:04:08.400
- Ten more days,
start today.

01:04:08.920 --> 01:04:11.040
- It’s a race.

01:04:11.280 --> 01:04:15.720
- Betweeeeeeee....

01:04:16.480 --> 01:04:21.600
- Ten more days
in Tromsø.

01:04:22.320 --> 01:04:24.118
- Ten more days.

01:04:24.122 --> 01:04:26.038
- We’re building a case.

01:04:26.042 --> 01:04:27.998
- In ten more days.

01:04:28.002 --> 01:04:30.318
- We haaaave....

01:04:30.322 --> 01:04:32.278
- Ten more days!
- Ten more days!

01:04:32.282 --> 01:04:36.800
- Ten more days
in Tromsø.

01:04:38.995 --> 01:04:40.058
[all laughing]

01:04:40.062 --> 01:04:42.480
- That’s why you’re here!

01:04:52.204 --> 01:04:54.739
[music box melody]

01:05:16.972 --> 01:05:19.391
[cheering]

01:05:25.280 --> 01:05:28.760
Hey, nice.

01:05:29.560 --> 01:05:31.800
- Good to see you!

01:05:33.160 --> 01:05:35.998
I can see you look good.

01:05:36.002 --> 01:05:39.000
Wait, wait, wait.

01:05:39.360 --> 01:05:43.958
- What is this?
- Decision to grant deferred action.

01:05:43.962 --> 01:05:47.680
UNE has, after a specific
overall assessment,

01:05:47.920 --> 01:05:54.800
decided to postpone implementation until
the notice of summons has been processed.

01:05:55.400 --> 01:05:58.478
The complainant will be able
to stay in Norway -

01:05:58.482 --> 01:06:02.280
- until the notice of summons
has been processed in UNE.

01:06:02.440 --> 01:06:04.800
Oh my God, that's so great!

01:06:05.200 --> 01:06:06.518
- So you got more time.

01:06:06.522 --> 01:06:07.640
Thank God.

01:06:09.004 --> 01:06:11.577
[fireworks bursting]

01:06:17.600 --> 01:06:20.960
I wish this year
will be a good year!

01:06:21.960 --> 01:06:24.080
For everyone.

01:06:24.840 --> 01:06:27.480
Hopefully our situation in
Gaza will be better.

01:06:27.600 --> 01:06:30.560
So that we can live like
the rest of the world.

01:06:34.640 --> 01:06:37.640
- So we still have time
before the New Year.

01:06:38.200 --> 01:06:39.680
- What do you wish?

01:06:39.720 --> 01:06:42.398
- I wish we have no more war!
- Yeah!

01:06:42.402 --> 01:06:44.718
- I wish we have peace in Gaza.
- Yeah.

01:06:44.722 --> 01:06:47.480
And I wish we have
a wonderful year.

01:06:48.864 --> 01:06:51.029
[people whooping]

01:06:52.720 --> 01:06:54.800
Happy New Year!

01:06:55.280 --> 01:06:58.440
We will not forget, we will not
compromise, and we will not forgive.

01:06:58.480 --> 01:06:59.440
Free Palestine!

01:06:59.560 --> 01:07:00.558
- Peace!
- No War!

01:07:00.562 --> 01:07:03.200
- Please stop war.
- And love.

01:07:03.240 --> 01:07:04.480
Peace and Love.

01:07:17.200 --> 01:07:18.509
Gaza, oh Gaza.

01:07:18.513 --> 01:07:19.449
[Mohamed singing in Arabic]

01:07:19.453 --> 01:07:20.680
My homeland.

01:07:21.400 --> 01:07:23.160
Gaza, oh Gaza.

01:07:24.040 --> 01:07:27.400
Land of Glory,
Land of Pride.

01:07:28.360 --> 01:07:30.840
GAZA

01:07:31.160 --> 01:07:35.158
I miss all my
crazy friends in Gaza.

01:07:35.162 --> 01:07:37.520
Oh God, don't put
anyone in exile.

01:07:38.000 --> 01:07:41.000
Exile is hard.

01:07:41.471 --> 01:07:45.211
[traditional
music playing on video]

01:07:45.234 --> 01:07:47.769
[singing in Arabic]

01:08:05.120 --> 01:08:07.760
Do you want to live?
You are not dead, man.

01:08:07.880 --> 01:08:09.720
This is Gaza.
It can't be better.

01:08:11.000 --> 01:08:12.600
You might have
a sea like ours -

01:08:12.720 --> 01:08:14.560
- and you can see it
from the other side.

01:08:14.680 --> 01:08:17.800
But this is our sea.
The Gaza sea.

01:08:18.200 --> 01:08:20.158
Our future is here.

01:08:20.162 --> 01:08:23.840
We are rooted in this land,
no matter what.

01:08:41.200 --> 01:08:45.560
I just received a final rejection.

01:08:48.120 --> 01:08:51.120
Third of March.

01:08:52.600 --> 01:08:55.600
I have to leave the country
before the third of March.

01:08:57.004 --> 01:08:58.540
[clears throat]

01:09:21.440 --> 01:09:26.240
At the last minute, I was able
to get a visa for the UK -

01:09:26.640 --> 01:09:32.120
- since I received several
invitations to film festivals there.

01:09:33.920 --> 01:09:39.800
It was my only option since
the Rafah border was still closed.

01:09:39.897 --> 01:09:42.777
[indistinct chatter]

01:09:43.760 --> 01:09:45.440
I'm really happy to see you all.

01:09:45.560 --> 01:09:48.080
And this means a lot for me.

01:09:48.760 --> 01:09:53.760
And this is not, just so you know,
this is not a goodbye party.

01:09:53.880 --> 01:09:55.798
I'm going to continue,
even though I have to leave.

01:09:55.802 --> 01:09:58.720
Just to update you
I'm going to London next Friday.

01:09:58.840 --> 01:10:00.680
I’m not escaping from here.

01:10:00.800 --> 01:10:03.720
I'm going to do other things
and find more opportunities.

01:10:03.960 --> 01:10:05.840
Just please enjoy the evening.

01:10:07.480 --> 01:10:11.520
Thank you so much for being here,
being with me, supporting me and...

01:10:12.080 --> 01:10:14.280
Yeah, let's eat.

01:10:14.520 --> 01:10:16.160
Thanks a lot and
enjoy the evening.

01:10:22.920 --> 01:10:26.440
- I just want to say a word
of thanks to you, Mohamed.

01:10:26.840 --> 01:10:27.680
- Thank you.

01:10:28.640 --> 01:10:31.120
Because I think that
you've taught me a lot.

01:10:31.440 --> 01:10:32.520
And...

01:10:32.560 --> 01:10:34.240
...it's a real privilege.

01:10:35.999 --> 01:10:39.839
[Christine singing
"The Last Spike"]

01:11:12.360 --> 01:11:14.680
THROWN OUT

01:11:21.880 --> 01:11:23.640
- Make sure you come back, ok?
- I will.

01:11:25.960 --> 01:11:28.960
See you again soon
and I will come back.

01:11:48.038 --> 01:11:50.572
[indistinct chatter]

01:11:54.412 --> 01:11:56.217
[passport stamp]

01:12:21.720 --> 01:12:25.400
I wake up in London.

01:12:51.120 --> 01:12:54.520
I stayed at my friends' house,
Aimee and David -

01:12:54.800 --> 01:12:57.360
- and their cat, Hilarious.

01:13:03.640 --> 01:13:07.760
Through her work with
Medical Aid for Palestinians -

01:13:08.560 --> 01:13:11.600
- Aimee managed to go to Gaza
through the Israeli border.

01:13:12.440 --> 01:13:15.280
As a Palestinian, I am not
allowed to travel from there.

01:13:16.857 --> 01:13:20.044
[cell phone buzzing]

01:13:20.640 --> 01:13:21.960
Hello.

01:13:22.440 --> 01:13:23.960
- Here is Mom.

01:13:24.600 --> 01:13:25.278
Hello.

01:13:25.282 --> 01:13:27.758
- Yes! Mohamed, how are you?
- Hi Mom, how are you?

01:13:27.762 --> 01:13:28.600
- Yes! Mohamed, how are you?
- Hi Mom, how are you?

01:13:28.920 --> 01:13:31.400
- She is here in our house.

01:13:31.920 --> 01:13:34.920
Hello! Hey Aimee.

01:13:36.920 --> 01:13:38.760
Oh my god.

01:13:38.880 --> 01:13:41.040
It's really incredible.

01:13:41.160 --> 01:13:44.520
You are in my house.

01:13:45.360 --> 01:13:48.198
- I will show her your photos
from when you were young.

01:13:48.202 --> 01:13:49.800
No, Mom!

01:13:53.280 --> 01:13:54.600
Yeah.

01:13:56.000 --> 01:13:59.000
- Mohamed without hair.

01:14:02.000 --> 01:14:03.560
No, oh my god.

01:14:03.640 --> 01:14:06.960
That's not me! Mom!

01:14:07.520 --> 01:14:10.720
No, that's....

01:14:10.840 --> 01:14:12.400
How are you, Aimee?

01:14:14.400 --> 01:14:16.480
How is Gaza?

01:14:16.760 --> 01:14:18.840
- Gaza is Gaza.

01:14:18.960 --> 01:14:21.840
- Yeah, the same.
- I’m very happy to be here.

01:14:23.360 --> 01:14:25.398
- It’s lovely to meet your family.

01:14:25.402 --> 01:14:26.478
- But how are you?

01:14:26.482 --> 01:14:29.758
- How is the house and Hilarious?
Is she being nice?

01:14:29.762 --> 01:14:32.560
Yeah, she is really great.
Look, she's there -

01:14:32.640 --> 01:14:34.000
- like sleeping, you know.

01:14:35.193 --> 01:14:37.205
[laughs]

01:14:39.680 --> 01:14:42.960
I gave Aimee a hug to
pass on to you, Mom.

01:15:00.640 --> 01:15:04.040
The winner for the BBC Arabic
Young Journalist Award -

01:15:04.320 --> 01:15:06.960
- for 2017 -

01:15:09.200 --> 01:15:11.960
- is Mohamed Jabaly for Ambulance.

01:15:13.760 --> 01:15:16.400
London gave me love and awards.

01:15:16.640 --> 01:15:20.840
And recognized me as a filmmaker,
unlike the state of Norway.

01:15:23.080 --> 01:15:24.638
Thanks a lot for BBC -

01:15:24.642 --> 01:15:27.438
- and there is a lot to do for my next film.

01:15:27.442 --> 01:15:31.000
I have in my.... so I have. Yeah.

01:15:32.040 --> 01:15:34.040
Thanks a lot.

01:15:36.280 --> 01:15:38.358
I’m very pleased to be presenting -

01:15:38.362 --> 01:15:41.918
- the award to a film that had incredible -

01:15:41.922 --> 01:15:43.478
- integrity and personal commitment.

01:15:43.482 --> 01:15:45.838
And just moved us all tremendously.

01:15:45.842 --> 01:15:48.117
Ambulance.

01:15:48.121 --> 01:15:52.032
[audience cheering]

01:15:56.600 --> 01:15:58.598
I don't know what to say.

01:15:58.602 --> 01:15:59.678
Thank you so much.

01:15:59.682 --> 01:16:02.598
It's really an honor
for me to receive this award.

01:16:02.602 --> 01:16:04.840
It means a lot for me,
for my people.

01:16:05.360 --> 01:16:10.480
I'm really proud and really pleased to
be here standing, representing -

01:16:12.320 --> 01:16:14.278
- my people, the people of Gaza -

01:16:14.282 --> 01:16:15.880
- as a Palestinian filmmaker.

01:16:16.000 --> 01:16:18.720
And yeah, just thank you so much.

01:16:19.080 --> 01:16:19.560
Thank you.

01:16:20.332 --> 01:16:22.828
[audience applauding]

01:16:39.302 --> 01:16:41.645
[tense music]

01:17:56.178 --> 01:17:58.076
[somber music]

01:17:58.080 --> 01:18:00.518
I don't feel like doing anything.

01:18:00.522 --> 01:18:03.640
Even touching the camera is difficult.

01:18:16.000 --> 01:18:19.000
I don't know...

01:18:21.160 --> 01:18:24.160
For how long this...

01:18:25.040 --> 01:18:29.000
Everything will be good in the end.

01:18:59.640 --> 01:19:03.360
I always loved to hear you
tell the story of my birth:

01:19:05.800 --> 01:19:10.118
It was curfew.
Nobody could go out.

01:19:10.122 --> 01:19:13.200
You risked being detained
if you broke it.

01:19:15.760 --> 01:19:18.720
Your father went to call
your grandmother to help me.

01:19:19.360 --> 01:19:21.160
But the Israeli army stopped him.

01:19:22.160 --> 01:19:23.998
Once I heard the screaming -

01:19:24.002 --> 01:19:28.120
- I ran down to tell them that
I’m giving birth and I need help.

01:19:29.160 --> 01:19:31.318
They allowed him to
call your grandmother -

01:19:31.322 --> 01:19:34.560
- and to walk to the
only clinic in Shujaiya.

01:19:37.480 --> 01:19:39.880
You were still breathing my breath.

01:19:41.120 --> 01:19:44.280
We walked on foot to the clinic,
and we came back with you on foot.

01:19:45.240 --> 01:19:48.200
You were the only one who was carried.

01:19:49.040 --> 01:19:53.120
You, Mohamed, came to break the curfew.

01:20:05.040 --> 01:20:06.960
I remember when I called you -

01:20:07.200 --> 01:20:10.480
- and told you that all
the doors closed in front of me.

01:20:11.520 --> 01:20:15.800
You motivated me to keep
believing in what I’m doing.

01:20:26.280 --> 01:20:26.960
Hello!

01:20:28.040 --> 01:20:31.398
- Hello!
- How are you, Mohamed?

01:20:31.402 --> 01:20:34.520
Congratulate me!
I got a visa.

01:20:35.880 --> 01:20:38.520
While I was waiting
for my court case -

01:20:39.120 --> 01:20:42.280
- I was accepted to a
Norwegian film school.

01:20:43.080 --> 01:20:45.480
I got a student visa.

01:20:46.920 --> 01:20:49.920
This meant I could
return to Norway.

01:20:50.131 --> 01:20:52.434
[optimistic music]

01:21:00.191 --> 01:21:03.609
[bells tolling]

01:21:06.320 --> 01:21:10.880
I made it back in time
for my court date.

01:21:13.920 --> 01:21:17.198
I thought I would just give you
the practical things first -

01:21:17.202 --> 01:21:20.598
- because you’ve never been there
before so you know what to expect.

01:21:20.602 --> 01:21:23.238
- You direct me.
- Yeah, yeah.

01:21:23.242 --> 01:21:25.920
We come in and -

01:21:26.240 --> 01:21:28.240
- the room is...

01:21:28.440 --> 01:21:30.920
If the room is like this
and the judge is here -

01:21:31.160 --> 01:21:33.680
- I will be sitting
closest to the judge.

01:21:34.440 --> 01:21:37.040
And the same will UNE´s
lawyer on the other side.

01:21:37.400 --> 01:21:40.838
In the middle there’s
this box, or not box -

01:21:40.842 --> 01:21:44.120
- but this preacher's bench -

01:21:44.160 --> 01:21:44.998
- Yeah, where...

01:21:45.002 --> 01:21:46.918
- where you stand to
give your testimony.

01:21:46.922 --> 01:21:50.240
When it's your turn,
then you move up here.

01:21:58.760 --> 01:22:01.120
Will you please state your full name?

01:22:01.240 --> 01:22:04.480
Mohamed Hassan Mohamed Aljabali.

01:22:06.160 --> 01:22:10.520
- And your date of birth?
- 21st of August, 1990.

01:22:10.760 --> 01:22:12.880
Yesterday, actually.

01:22:16.920 --> 01:22:19.598
Is there anything
that you would say -

01:22:19.602 --> 01:22:23.040
- that you haven't been
questioned about?

01:22:26.040 --> 01:22:28.000
That you think is relevant?

01:22:37.040 --> 01:22:40.520
Nobody asked me how I feel
about being working in Norway -

01:22:40.640 --> 01:22:43.080
- and stuff like that.

01:22:44.600 --> 01:22:46.280
- And how do you feel?

01:22:47.440 --> 01:22:49.518
I felt it like, here,
I'm a part of something.

01:22:49.522 --> 01:22:53.158
And then suddenly this
something has disappeared -

01:22:53.162 --> 01:22:56.600
- because of a piece of paper
which doesn't reflect -

01:22:57.840 --> 01:23:01.320
- what my life can be.

01:23:02.480 --> 01:23:05.480
If I am a doctor,
then I need maybe...

01:23:05.640 --> 01:23:08.078
If I am a doctor and
working in a hospital -

01:23:08.082 --> 01:23:11.200
- then I feel I really
need a degree.

01:23:11.440 --> 01:23:13.798
And then I need
to have, like, I can’t...

01:23:13.802 --> 01:23:15.120
It’s peoples' lives...

01:23:15.160 --> 01:23:17.600
And also film is
peoples' lives too.

01:23:18.000 --> 01:23:19.720
But you're telling it.

01:23:19.960 --> 01:23:24.040
You don't physically
work with it. Cut it. Or...

01:23:24.280 --> 01:23:26.960
You work with it.
You cut it, but within a screen.

01:23:28.080 --> 01:23:29.240
So, you’re trying to say that -

01:23:29.320 --> 01:23:32.520
- you can work as a filmmaker
without a formal education.

01:23:32.960 --> 01:23:34.720
But you can't work as a doctor.

01:23:34.920 --> 01:23:36.040
I can’t work as a doctor.

01:23:36.160 --> 01:23:37.880
I can be a filmmaker.

01:23:41.433 --> 01:23:43.891
[pensive music]

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[seagulls squawking]

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I’m gonna call Hermann.

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- Hi Habibi.

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I won!

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- NO!
- Yes!

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I just received the call
from Humlen (lawyer).

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- Oh, wow!

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That's great, yes.
Whohoo!

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We won.
Yes.

01:24:23.642 --> 01:24:25.878
- Oh, Mohamed.
I love it.

01:24:25.882 --> 01:24:27.798
- Yeah, that's really good news.

01:24:27.802 --> 01:24:29.600
- Congratulations!
- Thank you so much.

01:24:42.642 --> 01:24:45.062
[cheering]

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[all laughing]

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What is this?

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Oh my God, I can't believe this.

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All together.

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Wait, wait, wait.

01:25:29.400 --> 01:25:30.798
Say something! Hey!

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HEY!

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TROMSØ!!

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Even though I won the right to keep
working as a filmmaker in Norway -

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- I decided to continue
my education.

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Norway has become
a second home.

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I wish you could have
come to visit me here.

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With the Norwegian permit,
I could travel freely.

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I decided to go back to Gaza -

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- and arrive at the same
time as my brother Ali.

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The border situation with
Egypt was slightly better.

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I wanted to surprise you and Dad.

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On the other side of the Rafah border,
my brother Ibrahim is waiting for us -

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- together with my friend Jalal.
My friend Abood films everything.

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- We are still waiting to
cross the Egyptian border -

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- so we can get our passports back
and enter the Palestinian side.

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- It will take some time.

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- Maybe you should go
somewhere instead of waiting.

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He said that they
stamped the passports.

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And they connected them to those
who have security problems.

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Why do they treat them like this?

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They should let them go and
keep those who have issues.

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It’s really humiliating.

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They have been traveling
for two days now.

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Some say they were
traveling for three days.

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It was Saturday at 8pm when
they arrived at Cairo airport.

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Then they were put
in the detention center.

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[call to prayer]

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- Wait for us outside
the border gate.

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Okay, we are waiting
for you outside.

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Keep going, keep going!

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[cheering]

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Thank God for your safety.

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They made us suffer, the motherfuckers.

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Abood!

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It was humiliating.

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They detained us.

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They put us in a prison.

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I swear to God,
they put us in a prison.

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Just because we're young.

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Bastards.

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Abood!
Home, finally.

01:28:51.859 --> 01:28:55.622
[lively music
playing on car radio]

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I didn’t want you
to worry about us...

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So we made up a story that
I need pictures of the family -

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- for a new film I'm
working on in Norway.

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It’s been seven years
since I last hugged you.

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Oh my God.

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Oh my God.

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What a surprise.

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[speaking indistinctly]

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[emotional music]

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Oh Dad, I know that you
don’t like surprises.

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[music fades]

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Mom, forgive me.

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I wanted you to be with me -

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- sharing every moment
and every breath.

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I wish you could see the seven years
that I lived without you...

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Mom,

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I lived for you,

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and I will live for you.

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[pensive music]