From Ground Zero is a collection of 22 short films made by filmmakers in Gaza during the current war. Initiated by Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi, the project was born to give a voice to 22 Gazan filmmakers to tell the untold stories of the war on film. The result is a diverse set of stories in different genres, from fiction and documentary to experimental film, of the experiences of Gazans through the harshest of conditions.

This screening includes a Q&A with From Ground Zero’s Producer, Laura Nikolov, and Media and Distribution lead, Anaïs Pitkevitch. With an introduction from Suzanne Rolt (Director of Arnolfini).

Laura Nikolov

Laura Nikolov is a film producer and co-founder of Coorigines Production, oriented towards independent world cinema. Nikolov studied history and cinema in Paris and is involved in organising festivals, programming films, running workshops, round-table discussions and coordinating film productions and screenings, as director of the Alliance française of Oulan-Bator and consultant for film festivals such as the Festival international des cinémas d’Asie de Vesoul. She currently devotes herself to film production by working on several film projects around the world