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Farfour: A War Diary from Gaza

Amid the ruins of northern Gaza, Ibrahim clings to the only companion he has left: Farfour, a stray cat he adopted during the war. Farfour has become more than just a pet for Ibrahim. He has turned into his shadow, his confidant, his last connection to humanity. Together, Ibrahim and Farfour navigate a collapsing world, enduring a relentless siege while living in an unsafe building, with no water and electricity. As the war tightens its grip, Ibrahim must flee…

  • Ahmed Deeb
    Director
  • Moaz Hosni
    Director
  • Ahmed Deeb
    Producer
  • Faiz Qureqe
    Director of photography
  • Ahmed Deeb
    Editor
  • Omar Elemawi
    Editor
  • Jeremiah Baily-hoover
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Human Rights, War & Conflict, Documentary
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 18 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 8, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    18,200 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Palestine, State of
  • Country of Filming:
    Palestine, State of
  • Language:
    Arabic
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    3:4
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Ahmed Deeb, Moaz Hosni

Ahmed Deeb – Director & Producer

Ahmed Deeb is a Palestinian filmmaker and photojournalist from Gaza, currently based in Turkey. His work spans over a decade of visual storytelling across the Middle East, with a focus on conflict, displacement, and the human condition. Deeb has directed and filmed numerous short documentaries for international broadcasters including Al-Jazeera English, ARTE TV, and Euronews.

His films are marked by a poetic visual language and a deep-rooted commitment to telling personal, emotionally resonant stories from within some of the world’s most volatile regions.

Deeb is the co-director and producer of Farfour: A War Diary from Gaza, a documentary shot during the ongoing war in Gaza. Though based outside the Strip, Deeb directed the film remotely in close collaboration with his co-director Moaz Hosni on the ground from Gaza. Drawing on his own upbringing in Gaza, Deeb brings an insider’s perspective to the project—crafting a deeply intimate portrait of survival and connection in the face of unrelenting destruction.

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Director Statement

To the Palestinian filmmakers Moaz Hosni and Ahmed Deeb, Farfour: A War Diary from Gaza is a deeply personal film. Moaz Hosni has been experimenting the war firsthand. He was trapped during the siege for more than a year and a half, enduring the same level of destruction and uncertainty as Ibrahim, the main character of the film. Every scene was shaped by the experiences Moaz went through daily. Ahmed Deeb, directed the film remotely from Turkey, overseeing every stage of production while knowing that his own family was in Gaza, facing the same harrowing reality.

Through Ibrahim and his companion Farfour, Hosni and Deeb mean to talk not only about war, but also about survival, about humanity in its most fragile and purest form. Farfour: A War Diary from Gaza is not just a story. For both directors, it is a reflection on their own lives, their losses, and on the relentless fight to exist in a world that they feel has abandoned the Palestinian people.

Shot in a diary-like format, the film unfolds in raw, unfiltered moments – with glimpses of companionship, fleeting warmth, and the overwhelming weight of devastation. The choice of a 3:4 aspect ratio is deliberate. It reflects entrapment, a world closing in from all sides, mirroring the physical and psychological siege imposed on Gaza.

The conditions in which the movie was filmed were unimaginably difficult. Not only is it a testament to the endurance of Moaz Hosni and Ahmed Deeb as filmmakers and of Ibrahim as an artist, but again, it illustrates the resilience of their people, who, even in the face of extraordinary loss and suffering, continue to hold on to their hope, their memories, and to the life they refuse to let go of.

Farfour: A War Diary from Gaza is more than just a film. It is a testament to the strength and bravery of the Palestinian people and serves as further evidence of the brutality of war.

Ahmed Deeb & Moaz Hosni