One More Jump
a documentary film by Emanuele Gerosa
Italy, Switzerland, Lebanon 2019; 82′; o.v. Arabic, English, Italian; st. Italian, English
Festivals & Awards
Alice nella città, Roma, 2019
68th Trento Film Festival, 2020 – Cinema AMoRe Award
Synopsis
Abdallah and Jehad are two friends born in the Gaza Strip, they know little about freedom but they believe in the sport they practice: parkour. Abdallah, founder and leader of the Gaza Parkour Team, decided to leave Gaza and move to Italy to become a professional athlete, but now he can barely survive. Jehad still lives segregated in the Strip, training the youngsters and looking after his sick father, but he doesn’t stop dreaming of leaving that tormented land…
Credits
Directed by:
Emanuele Gerosa
Production:
Graffiti Doc, Rai Cinema
Co-production:
Amka Films Productions (CH); RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera; Aljazeera Documentary Channel; ITAR Productions (LB); Oneworld DocuMakers (IT)
With the support of:
Federal Office of Culture – FOC; Piemonte Doc Film Fund; Trentino Film Commission; Atelier di postproduzione – MFN 2018; Premio Solinas and Apollo 11
Swiss distributor:
Noha Film
International sales:
Fandango Sales – Raffaella di Giulio