News Summary

• The Gaza Cinema Academy aims to establish a sustainable space for film education, training and production in the Gaza Strip.
• The initiative was co-founded by Palestinian filmmakers Ezzaldeen Shalh and Mai Masri.
• Shalh invited film and cultural institutions, festivals, film funds, production companies, filmmakers and related organizations around the world to build partnerships with the Academy.
• Palestinian film and TV heavyweights Annemarie Jacir, Hiam Abbass and Saleh Bakri have gotten behind the initiative.