Mallorca’s Gaza film revisits old footage on Filmin

Mallorca filmmaker Carles Bover brings a new Gaza short film to Filmin on Thursday, 5 November 2026, using footage he shot more than a decade ago. The ten-minute film, El ressò de la mirada, is among 45 works in contention for a nomination for best documentary short at the 2027 Goya Awards.

Bover filmed the footage in the Gaza Strip with Julio Pérez. Their earlier film, GAZA, grew out of that shoot and won the Goya for best documentary short in 2019.

Bover says he returned to the material after what he describes as an intensification of genocide in Gaza over the past three years. This time, he has included shots he previously left out: people looking straight into the camera and moments he found uncomfortable. He calls the new approach “intimate and self-critical”.

The film asks why a filmmaker records someone else’s pain, what responsibility comes with showing it and what those images might prompt viewers to do. Bover warns that turning away from images that are too hard to watch can also mean turning away from the reality and memories behind them.

Topics: Culture

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com