Gaza Surf Club

Gaza has 40 kilometres of coastline and a harbour that no longer serves ships. Behind the beach lies a strip of land sealed off from the world, where young people grow up with few jobs and fewer prospects.

Gaza Surf Club follows members of Gaza City’s small surfing community, who share around 40 boards smuggled or brought in over the years despite the blockade. Between the ruins on the shore and the navy-controlled limit out at sea, surfing gives them a small taste of freedom.

The film also follows a young woman who loved surfing as a girl but is no longer allowed in the water, and the surfers’ dream of building a proper club.