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'Ode to resilience': Tales of courage light up screens at int'l docu festival

The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram

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August 25, 2025

TALES of courage and resilience -- from Kerala to Palestine -- lit the silver screens on the third day of the International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2025.

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TALES of courage and resilience -- from Kerala to Palestine -- lit the silver screens on the third day of the International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2025. Under the category An Ode to Resilience: Tales from Palestine, the film 'Free Words: A Poet from Gaza' directed by Abdullah Harun Ilhan was screened to wide acceptance.

Based on the life of poet Mosab Abu Toha, the film reflected how the poet used art as his form of resistance. More films under this category, including 'Gaza Sound Man' by Hossam Hamdi Abu Dan and 'National Pride: From Jericho to Gaza', will be screened on Monday.

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