A Gaza Weekend
A Gaza Weekend is a British-Palestinian comedy film, directed by Basil Khalil and released in 2022. The film stars Stephen Mangan and Mouna Hawa as Michael and Keren, a British-Israeli couple who are trying to take refuge in the Gaza Strip after the accidental release of a dangerous virus from a scientific research lab in Israel has ironically made Gaza the safest place to be due to Israel's blockade of the region. Although it centres around a viral pandemic, the film was conceived and in development well before the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The film premiered on 10 September 2022 at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was named the winner of the FIPRESCI Prize. References

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2022 films
2022 comedy films
British comedy films
Palestinian comedy films
2020s British films
Films set in the Gaza Strip