2024 Iris Prize

Blood Like Water

Shadi embarks on a secret adventure, and accidentally drags his family into a trap where they only have two choices; either collaborate with the Israeli occupation or be shamed and humiliated by their own people.

DIRECTOR:

Dima Hamdan

PRODUCER:

Tony Copti, Farah Abushwesha, Dima Hamdan

WRITER:

Dima Hamdan

RELEASE YEAR:

2023

Palestine, 14 mins

Mae Shadi yn cychwyn ar antur gyfrinachol, ac yn llusgo ei deulu mewn i drap ar ddamwain lle dim ond dau ddewis sydd ganddyn nhw; naill ai cydweithio â meddiannaeth Israel, neu cael eu cywilyddio a’u bychanu gan eu pobl eu hunain.

Dima Hamdan is a Palestinian filmmaker and journalist based in Berlin. As a self-taught filmmaker, she directed several short films in the UK, Jordan, Germany and Palestine. Her previous short film, The Bomb(Germany, 2019), won the Best Female Director award at the Ayodhya Film Festival in India.


Mae Dima Hamdan yn wneuthurwr ffilmiau a newyddiadurwr Palesteinaidd sydd wedi’i lleoli yn Berlin. Fel gwneuthurwr ffilmiau hunanddysgedig, cyfarwyddodd nifer o ffilmiau byrion yn y DU, yr Iorddonen, yr Almaen a Phalestina. Enillodd ei ffilm fer flaenorol, The Bomb (Yr Almaen, 2019), wobr Cyfarwyddwr Benywaidd Gorau yng Ngŵyl Ffilm Ayodhya yn India.


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