‘Yalla Parkour’ Blends Gaza’s Past And Present / Berlinale

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‘Yalla Parkour’ Blends Gaza’s Past And Present / Berlinale

The acrobatic discipline of Parkour — where practitioners jump from high places attempting to get from one point to another in the fastest and most efficient way possible — may serve as a powerful metaphor for those surviving in wars. This is exactly what we see in Areeb Zuaiter’s film Yalla Parkour, presented at the 2025 Berlin Film Festival in the section Panorama for its European premiere. The motion picture — that had previously screened at …