Gaza’s Eyes

Even as their world burns, students in Gaza are picking up their cameras to tell original stories and depict their lives. Even more astoundingly, they are still able to get those short films out to the world, and in 2023 the ConnectHER Film Festival curated six of those shorts, all giving insight into the lives of young women under occupation and bombardment. Now, AFS Cinema presents that program, complete with a post-screening Q&A with Watermelon Pictures founder Alana Hadid and ConnectHER founder Lila Igram. This is a free screening: Please RSVP in advance at AustinFilm.org. – Richard Whittaker