Hazem Alqaddi

Hazem Alqaddi (1998) graduated from the Unrwa Schools in Gaza and arrived in Belgium in 2018, eager for a new life outside of besieged Palestine. He is a passionate rollerblader, kitemaker, chef, and storyteller. He discovered filmmaking in 2019 when he co-directed Old Child (2020) and has been recording with commitment ever since to express what’s on his mind. His feature debut made together with Elettra Bisogno,The Roller, The Life, The Fight, premiered in 2024.

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Old Child

Elettra Bisogno, Hazem Alqaddi, Belgium, Palestine, 2019, 16’

Old Child depicts the fragmented story of Hazem, who had to flee Gaza. Throughout this stream-of-consciousness montage of dreams and reminiscences, he searches for order but also for the beauty he left behind.