An Orange from Jaffa

A Film by Mohammed Almughanni

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SYNOPSIS

Mohammed, a young Palestinian, embarks on a tense journey to cross an Israeli checkpoint with a temporary Polish residence card. After being turned down by other drivers, Farouk, a well-meaning taxi driver, offers him a ride. However, they soon encounter severe trouble when Israeli soldiers discover Mohammed’s previous failed attempt to cross. The film powerfully captures the oppressive reality of life under occupation and the personal costs involved.

CAST

Samer Bisharat

as Mohammed

Kamel El Basha

as Farouk

Ofer

soliders

1st taxi driver

2nd taxi driver

setteles

driver

shuttles’ drivers

mother’s voice

Abu Nader’s voice

Diaa Mughrabi

Razan Abo Odeh

Mahmoud Hussein

Nasser Bader

Jihad Shomali

Saud Rishmawi

Alaa Khanjar

William Abdullah

Murad Al Jubeh

Odeh Tantar

Faeq Talia

Nisreen Al Jubeh

Baha Odeh

Ofer

Diaa Mughrabi

soliders

Razan Abo Odeh
Mahmoud Hussein

1st taxi driver

Nasser Bader

2nd taxi driver

Jihad Shomali

setteles

Saud Rishmawi
Alaa Khanjar

driver

William Abdullah

shuttles’ drivers

Murad Al Jubeh
Odeh Tantar
Faeq Talia

mother’s voice

Nisreen Al Jubeh

Abu Nader’s voice

Baha Odeh

Director’s Biography

Mohammed Almughanni born in Gaza in 1994, Mohammed Almughanni is a film director and screenwriter. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Film Directing from Łódź Film School in Poland.

His films, focusing on racial justice and socio-political life amid wars, have garnered awards at festivals including Ji.hlava (2020), IDFA (2023) and Clermont-Ferrand (2024). Almughanni raises awareness about collateral issues faced by innocent civilians in war, including national identity and unregistered children.

STATEMENT

An important statement regarding the short film ‘An Orange from Jaffa’

I wrote, directed the film and was co-produced by Studio Indeks. The Polish production company signed a co-production contract with a French producer named David Frenkel under the name of Synecdoche Company. I did not sign any contract with the French co-producer as I was working with the Polish company. This French co-producer is now trying to send the film to Israeli film festivals to whitewash the genocide going on in Gaza, using my name and my film, and is also trying to withdraw the film from pro-Palestinian film festivals. I ask all film festivals not to contact this person…

Awards & Selections

Clermont-Ferrand
International Short Film Festival

2024 Winner Grand Prix
International Competition
Mohammed Almughanni

International Film Festival
ART FILM Košice

2024 Winner Special Mention
Best Short Film
Mohammed Almughanni

Krakow Film Festival

2024 Winner Best European Short Film – Jury Award / Kraków Candidate
for the European Film Awards
Mohammed Almughanni

Polish
Film Festival

2024 Winner Lucjan Bokinc Award for Best Film
Short Feature Film Competition
Mohammed Almughanni

Montpellier Mediterranean
Film Festival

2024 Special screening
Arte Carte Blanche
Mohammed Almughanni

Leeds International
Film Festival

2024 Winner Prix Louis Le Prince
Best Short Film
Mohammed Almughanni

Guanajuato International
Film Festival

2024 Nominee International Short Film Competition
Mohammed Almughanni

La Guarimba international
Film Festival

2024 Special screening
Best Fiction Short Film
Mohammed Almughanni

UK Film Festival
London

2024 Winner Best Short Film
Best Short Film
Mohammed Almughanni

El Gouna
Film Festival

2024 Winner Silver Star
Short Films Competition
Mohammed Almughann

Freedom
Film Festival

2024 Winner Best Short Film
International Competition
Mohammed Almughanni

Omladinski
Film Festival Sarajevo

2024 Winner Grand Prix
Best Short Film
Mohammed Almughanni

Bolton International Film Festival

2024 Nominee Best Short Film
Best Short Film
Mohammed Almughanni

Corto Dorico Film Festival

2024 Winner Corto di Diritti/Short on Rights
Amnesty International Award
Mohammed Almughanni

MedFilm Festival

2024 Winner Best Short Film
Best Short Film
Mohammed Almughanni

New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland

2024 Nominee Zuzanna Jagoda Kolska Prize Shortlist
Mohammed Almughanni

Cairo International Short
Film Festival

2024 Winner Golden Tower Award
Best Film
Mohammed Almughanni

Chicago Palestine
Film Festival

2024 Winner Best Narrative
Short Film
Mohammed Almughanni

Aix-en-Provence
International Short Film Festival

2024 Winner Audience Award
International Competition
Mohammed Almughanni

2024 Winner Youth Jury Award
International Competition
Mohammed Almughanni

PRESS

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regarding the movie.

Muhammad Al-Mughni to Al-Majalla: The events of “An Orange from Jaffa” are true to reality

In mid-February, the film “An Orange from Jaffa,” by the young Palestinian director Mohammed Al-Mughanni, won the award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, the oldest and most important festival in the world dedicated to this type of film. The film tells the story of a young Palestinian man, Mohammed, who is looking for…

After the film reached the Oscar shortlist, the director of “A Jaffa Orange”: I dream of returning to Gaza

The Palestinian film “An Orange from Jaffa”, starring Kamel El Basha and directed by Mohamed El Moghni, has reached the shortlist for the 97th Academy Awards in the short film category. In the first comment by Palestinian director Mohammed Al-Mughni, after his film was nominated for the Oscars, he told the Cairo News website: “I…

Mohamed Al-Mughni, director of the Oscar-nominated film, in his interview with Al-Bawaba News: “An Orange from Jaffa” is a metaphor for the taste of the lost homeland

At the end of the short film “An Orange from Jaffa,” the driver picks up an orange that had been lying in his cart and shares it with the passenger after a long day at the checkpoint in order to try to cross into Jaffa without success. It is a very personal and intimate moment,…

An Orange from Jaffa – A tension-filled drama that lays bare the harsh reality of Israeli checkpoints.

Mohammed Almughanni’s short drama film offers a glimpse into the harrowing realities faced by Palestinians at Israeli checkpoints. In this tightly-woven narrative, viewers are thrust into the tense confines of Farouk’s taxi, where the desperate urgency of Mohammed’s journey to reach his mother across the checkpoint unfolds with palpable intensity.

His film may compete for an Oscar: Many people stand with Palestine, including large Jewish communities

I received a scholarship to make this film. However, I could not register a company because it was happening during the pandemic, so I gave the scholarship to the Indeks Film Studio, operating at the Łódź Film School. Indeks signed an unfavourable contract with a French co-producer, who not only made my work difficult, but…

“An Orange from Jaffa”… A cry against the “racism of the Israeli occupation”

Palestinian director Mohammed Almughanni confirmed that his short film “An Orange from Jaffa,” which was recently screened at the El Gouna Film Festival, showed an aspect of the racism that Palestinians are subjected to at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces, expressing his happiness with the reactions to the film. The film, which participated…

“An Orange from Jaffa” movie… a fruit that makes you make peace with the world

Israeli soldiers occupy the corners of the frame, a man looks around anxiously, searching for a taxi. These are the opening moments of Palestinian director Mohammed al-Mughani’s film “A Jaffa Orange” – winner of the Grand Prize at the Clermont Film Festival for Short Films in France – and they flash with what threatens the…

“An Orange from Jaffa”: A Conflict at a Military Checkpoint Summarizes the Reality of Palestine

In mid-February 2024, the Palestinian film “An Orange from Jaffa” by Palestinian director Mohammed Al-Mughni won the Grand Prize at the 46th edition of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France, which is one of the most important short film festivals in the world.

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AN ORANGE FROM JAFFA
برتقالة من يافا

directed by

Mohammed Almughanni

screenplay by

Mohammed Almughanni

cinematography by

Maciej Edelman

edited by

Natalia Jacheć

cast

Mohammed

Farouk

Ofer

soliders

1st taxi driver

2nd taxi driver

setteles

driver

shuttles' drivers

mother's voice

Abu Nader's voice

Samer Bisharat

Kamel El Basha

Diaa Mughrabi

Razan Abo Odeh

Mahmoud Hussein

Nasser Bader

Jihad Shomali

Saud Rishmawi

Alaa Khanjar

William Abdullah

Murad Al Jubeh

Odeh Tantar

Faeq Talia

Nisreen Al Jubeh

Baha Odeh

director

writer

1st ad set

assistants to director

script supervisor

production manager

production assistants

director of photography

camera operator

1st ac focus puller

2nd ac

dit

gaffer

best boy

key grip

sound engineer

boom operator

production designer & art decorator

assistant production designer

prop master

costume designer

make-up artist

driver

editor

editor consultations

digital postproduction

producers

executive producer

postproduction coordinator

di supervisor

conforming

digital colour grading

mastering

sound postproduction

sound design

foley artists

foley mixers

re-recording engineer

titles design

poster

music scored and composed by

accountant

bank

special thanks to

Mohammed Almughanni

Mohammed Almughanni

Saad Mahfouz

Loa Morell

Francesco Eramo

Loa Morell

Mohammad Ben Wadie

Mohamad Husseini

Ahmad Natsheh

Kamel Abu Kamal

Maciej Edelman

Maciej Edelman

Wojciech Bibel

Hanna Zananiri

Francesco Eramo

Konrad Pruski

Fares Abu Ghosh

Nadeem Husary

Aleksandra Landsmann

Yazan Faris

Ameer Zabeneh

Amer Abu Mattar

William Abdullah

Nisreen Yassen

Wafa Hassan Alazzeh

Hanady Alazzeh

Ahmad Qotob

Natalia Jacheć

Jarosław Kamiński

DiFactory

Jędrzej Sabliński

Rafał Golis

Julia Bogusławska

Ewelina Piec

Sylwester Jabłoński

Norbert Pogorzelski

Michał Herman

Bartosz Kanadys

DREAMSOUND

Aleksandra Landsmann

Aleksandra Jakubowicz

Ewa Wrzesińska

Aleksander Berezhnyi

Bartosz Mazur

Jan Zygmunt

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Beata Klimaszewska

Filip Stefanowski

Michał Wilczewski

Filip Krzemień

Karina Paciorkowska

Karina Paciorkowska

Robert Logan

Sandrine Surget

Neuflize-OBC

Al Rawabi City Staff

Amro Hudeib

Ghayyath Hamouz

Helene Vayssieres

Philippe Bachman

Morad Kertobi

Nadia Le Bihen

Romain Froidefond

Jean-Francois Agnes

Maxime Droit

Mathilde Dubrovin

Abdallah Motan

Habeeb Elawar

Osama Almughanni

directed by

Mohammed Almughanni

screenplay by

Mohammed Almughanni

cinematography by

Maciej Edelman

edited by

Natalia Jacheć

cast

Mohammed

Samer Bisharat

Farouk

Kamel El Basha

Ofer

Diaa Mughrabi

soliders

Razan Abo Odeh
Mahmoud Hussein

1st taxi driver

Nasser Bader

2nd taxi driver

Jihad Shomali

setteles

Saud Rishmawi
Alaa Khanjar

driver

William Abdullah

shuttles' drivers

Murad Al Jubeh
Odeh Tantar
Faeq Talia

mother's voice

Nisreen Al Jubeh

Abu Nader's voice

Baha Odeh

director

Mohammed Almughanni

writer

Mohammed Almughanni

1st ad set

Saad Mahfouz

assistants to director

Loa Morell
Francesco Eramo

script supervisor

Loa Morell

production manager

Mohammad Ben Wadie

production assistants

Mohamad Husseini
Ahmad Natsheh
Kamel Abu Kamal

director of photography

Maciej Edelman

camera operator

Maciej Edelman

1st ac focus puller

Wojciech Bibel

2nd ac

Hanna Zananiri

dit

Francesco Eramo

gaffer

Konrad Pruski

best boy

Fares Abu Ghosh

key grip

Nadeem Husary

sound engineer

Aleksandra Landsmann

boom operator

Yazan Faris
Ameer Zabeneh

production designer & art decorator

Amer Abu Mattar

assistant production designer

William Abdullah

prop master

Nisreen Yassen

costume designer

Wafa Hassan Alazzeh

make-up artist

Hanady Alazzeh

driver

Ahmad Qotob

editor

Natalia Jacheć

editor consultations

Jarosław Kamiński

digital postproduction

DiFactory

producers

Jędrzej Sabliński
Rafał Golis

executive producer

Julia Bogusławska

postproduction coordinator

Ewelina Piec

di supervisor

Sylwester Jabłoński

conforming

Norbert Pogorzelski

digital colour grading

Michał Herman

mastering

Bartosz Kanadys

sound postproduction

DREAMSOUND

sound design

Aleksandra Landsmann

foley artists

Aleksandra Jakubowicz
Ewa Wrzesińska
Aleksander Berezhnyi
Bartosz Mazur
Jan Zygmunt

foley mixers

Beata Klimaszewska
Filip Stefanowski
Michał Wilczewski

re-recording engineer

Filip Krzemień

titles design

Karina Paciorkowska

poster

Karina Paciorkowska

music scored and composed by

Robert Logan

accountant

Sandrine Surget

bank

Neuflize-OBC

special thanks to

Al Rawabi City Staff
Amro Hudeib
Ghayyath Hamouz
Helene Vayssieres
Philippe Bachman
Morad Kertobi
Nadia Le Bihen
Romain Froidefond
Jean-Francois Agnes
Maxime Droit
Mathilde Dubrovin
Abdallah Motan
Habeeb Elawar
Osama Almughanni

WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA CINEMATOGRAPHIE ET DE L'IMAGE ANIMÉE CONTRIBUTION FINANCIERE

WITH THE SUPPORT OF WAR ON SCREEN THROUGH WOS FABRIQUE.
wos fabrique is co-financed by the grand est region, the department of la marne, the châlons agglo, the city of châlons-en-champagne

WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF ARTE FRANCE
program unit CINEMA
head of short films HÉLÈNE VAYSSIÈRES
SYLVIE SMETS - JEAN FRANÇOIS AGNÈS - PASCAL RICHARD - ROMAIN FROIDEFOND

WITH THE SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN CULTURAL FUND AND CONSULATE GENERAL OF FRANCE IN JERUSALEM

EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION BY MADE IN PALESTINE

RASHID ABDELHAMID & MICHAEL ZANANIRI

INDEKS FILM STUDIO

MARCIN MALATYŃSKI

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