'Gaza' documentary wins 33rd Goya Award

CAIRO – 3 February 2019: The documentary film "Gaza" directed by Gary Keane and Andrew McConnell won the Premios Goya Award. The Goya Awards are presented to the best specialists in both artistic and creative disciplines.

“Gaza” first premiered in Sundance Film Festival early 2019. The documentary depicts the lives of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip when they are not under siege.

The world titled Gaza as the “largest open prison”, as no one can even imagine how it would look like without a siege.

The Goya Awards (Premios Goya in Spanish) are Spain's main national annual film awards.

The awards were established in 1987; a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences and the first awards ceremony took place on March 16, 1987 at the Teatro Lope de Vega, Madrid.