A documentary filmed in Gaza. Free Fish screening + live Q&A with Bisan Owda connecting from Gaza.

FREE FISH
Screening + Live Q&A with Bisan Owda, Carolina Pereira & Dima Akram

Casa Palestina hosts a special screening of Free Fish, a documentary filmed entirely in Gaza, directed by Palestinian filmmaker Bisan Owda and co-produced by filmmaker Carolina Pereira.

Set against the occupied sea of Gaza, the film follows two Palestinian brothers separated by forced displacement, siege, and genocide, yet still bound by fishing, memory, and survival. Once imagined as a horizon of freedom and connection, the sea has been transformed into a militarized zone where hunger is imposed as policy, and survival itself becomes resistance.

Filmed during the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Free Fish is both an intimate testimony and a work of political cinema from within. The film traces what it means to endure when even the coastline is controlled, and when daily life unfolds under blockade, bombardment, and erasure.

Following the screening, audiences will join a live Q&A with Bisan Owda, connecting directly from Gaza, alongside Carolina Pereira and Dima Akram in person at Casa Palestina. The conversation will explore the Gaza–Lisbon production process behind the film, filmmaking under genocide, the political responsibility of storytelling across borders, and more.