Gaza Surf Club- Film Screening
Sun, 02 Nov
|Doolin
Trapped in “the world’s largest open-air prison” and ruled by war, a new generation is drawn to the beaches. Sick of occupation and political gridlock, they find their own personal freedom in the waves of the Mediterranean- they are the surfers of Gaza
Time & Location
02 Nov 2025, 19:30 – 21:00
Doolin, Hotel, Doolin, Co. Clare, V95 DE2X, Ireland
About the event
Join us for a screening of the 2016 film Gaza Surf Club- all proceeds from the tickets will go directly to the surfers featured in this film.
Gaza–a strip of land with a population of 1.7 million citizens, wedged between Israel and Egypt and isolated from the outside world. 26 miles of coastline with a harbor that no longer services ships. Hardly anything gets into Gaza and even less gets out. The young generation is growing up with very little perspective-occupied and jobless. But against this background there is a small movement. Our protagonists are part of the surf community of Gaza City. Round about 40 surfboards have been brought into the country over the past decades with great effort and despite strict sanctions. It is those boards that give them an opportunity to experience a small slice of freedom-between the coastal reminder of a depressing reality and the Israeli-controlled…