for this film, raul gallego abellan gained unprecedented access to the al-quds brigades of palestinianed as a terrorist organisation by the us, uk, eu and others. filmed in april and may 2023, abellan travelled to thejenin refugee camp in the west bank, where he followed the day—to—day lives of the young palestinian militants, including their frequent battles with the israeli armed forces. gaining their trust was key to obtaining this exclusive footage. we had to first go there, meet them. they check our work, what i did before, and we had to explain what we wanted to do. but it was like a daily... ..daily work, it was not onlyjust one day of meeting them, convincing them. and that's it. every time we went there to film was a way to get more and more access. while the militants abellan spoke to were largely young and inexperienced, he also heard from an ex—fighter who was active during the second intifada or uprising 20 years ago and who questioned the tactic of armed struggle. they were very little when there was the second intifada. and i think they kind of have this romantic image o