A Gaza Weekend

A Gaza Weekend is a 2022 British-Palestinian comedy film co-written and directed by Basil Khalil.^[1] It follows an English man named Michael (Stephen Mangan) and his Israeli wife Keren (Mouna Hawa) as they try to take refuge in Gaza, which—due to Israel's blockade of the region—has ironically become the safest place to be after a virus is accidentally released from an Israeli laboratory.^[1]

A Gaza Weekend
Directed by	Basil Khalil
Written by	Basil Khalil Daniel Ka-Chun Chan
Produced by	Amina Dasmal
Starring	Stephen Mangan Mouna Hawa Loai Nofi Maria Zreik Adam Bakri Adeeb Safadi
Cinematography	Eric Raphael Mizrahi Lasse Ulvedal Tolbøll
Edited by	Shahnaz Duleimy Victoria Boydell
Music by	Alex Baranowski
Production companies	Alcove Entertainment BFI Film4
Release date	10 September 2022 (2022-09-10) (TIFF)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom Palestine
Languages	English Arabic Hebrew

Although the film revolves around a viral pandemic, it began production long before the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] The film premiered on 10 September 2022 at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize.^[2]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of 10 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.2/10.^[3]