The Roller, The Life, The Fight
by Elettra Bisogno , Hazem Alqaddi
En Compétition 2024
Official synopsis
Hazem arrives in Belgium after a painful journey from Gaza. Elettra arrives in Brussels to study documentary film. Their first moments together trigger the desire to know each other and the camera becomes the tool they share for understanding. Exiles and inner migrations find a way to just and softened gazes.
Biography and Filmography
Elettra Bisogno (1993) was born in Italy and grew up in various european cities. After studying graphic design in Italy, where she specializes in experimental printmaking, she moves to Brussels and instinctively turns to the moving image. She draws inspiration and forges herself from watching and listening to the world, in its beauty and its injustice. Graduating in 2021 from the Kask School of Arts in the cinema section, she emerges as a documentary filmmaker with two short films Ultima Cassa (2018) and Old Child (2020).
2024 : The Roller, The Life, The Fight - Co-Director
2020 : Ultima Cassa - Co-Director
2018 : Old Child - Director
Hazem Alqaddi (1998) is from Palestine, he graduates from the Unrwa Schools in Rafah and arrives in Belgium in 2018 wishful for a new life outside of a besieged Palestine. In Gaza and until today, he is a passionate rollerblader, kitemaker, chef and storyteller. Driven by a desire to connect with people, he discovered filmmaking in 2019 when he co-directed Old Child (2020), and has been recording with commitment ever since to express what's on his heart.
2024 : The Roller, The Life, The Fight - Co-Director
2020 : Old Child - Co-Director
by Elettra Bisogno, Hazem Alqaddi
Elettra Bisogno (1993) was born in Italy and grew up in various european cities. After studying graphic design in Italy, where she specializes in experimental printmaking, she moves to Brussels and instinctively turns to the moving image. She draws inspiration and forges herself from watching and listening to the world, in its beauty and its injustice. Graduating in 2021 from the Kask School of Arts in the cinema section, she emerges as a documentary filmmaker with two short films Ultima Cassa (2018) and Old Child (2020).
2024 : The Roller, The Life, The Fight - Co-Director
2020 : Ultima Cassa - Co-Director
2018 : Old Child - Director
Hazem Alqaddi (1998) is from Palestine, he graduates from the Unrwa Schools in Rafah and arrives in Belgium in 2018 wishful for a new life outside of a besieged Palestine. In Gaza and until today, he is a passionate rollerblader, kitemaker, chef and storyteller. Driven by a desire to connect with people, he discovered filmmaking in 2019 when he co-directed Old Child (2020), and has been recording with commitment ever since to express what's on his heart.
2024 : The Roller, The Life, The Fight - Co-Director
2020 : Old Child - Co-Director