“Palestine Lentils” is a documentary film that tells the story of a Palestinian chef and his role in using his hobby as a shield against the famine caused by the war on Gaza, preserving the spirit of resilience and hope within his community.
LANGUAGE : Arabic COUNTRY : Palestine YEAR : 2024 DURATION : 8m DIRECTORS : Hamdi Khalil Elhusseini, Samar Taher Lulu EDITOR : Nour Taher Lulu CAMERA MAN : Rashad Khalil Elhusseini
Hamdi Elhusseini is a documentary filmmaker from Gaza with a strong background in capturing compelling humanitarian and social stories through film. A graduate of the Faculty of Science at Al-Azhar University – Gaza, Hamdi has dedicated his career to documenting the resilience of the Palestinian people amid war, occupation, and environmental challenges.
His acclaimed documentary “Jawaher” (co-directed with Samar Taher Lulu) won Best Documentary Film in the Women & Environment category at the ConnectHER Film Festival 2023, while his poetic film “Khalil Hanaa” (co-directed with Samar Taher Lulu) was named a finalist in the 2024–2025 ConnectHER “Stand Up Men” category, highlighting stories of male allies supporting women’s empowerment.
In 2025, his film عدس فلسطين (Adas Falasteen) / PALESTINE LENTILS received several prestigious awards, including: – Al Jazeera Documentary Award – The American University in Cairo Documentary Recognition – The “Lens on Palestine” Award
Samar Taher Lulu isa passionate filmmaker from Gaza-Palestine, a multifaceted artist and storyteller. Her filmmaking journey began with her debut documentary, “Religious Tolerance,” in 2019. Her latest two films, “Jawaher” and “Khalil Hanaa” (both co-directed with Hamdi Elhusseini) which she directed, won two awards at the 2023 and 2025 ConnectHer Festival. Her mission is to bring the inspiring voices of the untold stories to the global stage through her documentaries.
Pebbles Underground is focused on showcasing and promoting experimental, avant-garde, underground, and no-to-low budget projects by artist-humans from all over the world. Absurd, uncanny, witty, humorous, slow-video – all are welcomed, and loved.
Pebbles Underground is an independent project not funded by any government or corporation, and we intend to keep it that way. Main source of funding is personal donations from humans organizing the project, who are artists themselves, and the main drive of the project is formed by the energy and involvement of the organizers, and the public.
