Name: Chronicles from the Siege
Genre: Drama
Released: 2026-08-28
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Nadeem Rimawi, Saja Kilani, Ahmad Kontar

Several interconnected vignettes make up "Chronicles From the Siege," Abdallah Alkhatib's harrowing, poignant, sometimes darkly hilarious dispatch from the frontlines of a violent blitz. The drama is shot with a documentarian's eye and unfolds in the ruins of an unnamed city. The stories are drawn from various sources, including tales from Gaza in recent years, as well as Alkhatib's own experiences under fire in the Yarmouk refugee camp for Palestinians in Damascus during the Syrian Civil War, which the Palestinian-Syrian filmmaker previously turned into the documentary "Little Palestine."

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When their city faces a siege, everyday people's lives are shattered, forcing them to make impossible decisions as they seek survival in a war-torn area.

Abdallah Al-Khatib in Chronicles from the Siege (2026)

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Saja Kilani and Samer Bisharat in Chronicles from the Siege (2026)

Hayat Abu Samra, Ahmad Kontar, Saja Kilani, Emad Azmi, Hamzeh Shaker Mahadin, Ahssen Bechar, and Idir Benaibouche in Chronicles from the Siege (2026)

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