Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 24 -- The 17th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) has dedicated a special segment titled "An Ode to Resilience: Tales from Palestine" to showcase cinematic narratives of courage and resistance from Palestine.

The package features five internationally acclaimed works - Free Words: A Poet from Gaza, Gaza Sound Man, National Pride: From Jericho to Gaza, No Other Land, and The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing. Each film portrays resilience, survival, and creative defiance in the face of conflict, violence, and displacement.

Free Words: A Poet from Gaza, directed by Abdullah Harun Ilhan, follows detained poet Mosab Abu Toha, whose verses have become a weapon of hope. Gaza Sound Man, ...