An unexplainable event has taken place in the night: dozens of manta rays have been washed up onto the main beach of Gaza City. Fishermen’s wagons run along the Strip, grabbing the fresh meat. The city is just waking up. Antar urges his brother to get up; it’s a big day, as this afternoon will be his first disco. Noor puts on her makeup: she needs to be ready for the cameras. Jabber is already in the camp. The sound of gunfire reminds him that he lives in the buffer zone which separates Gaza from Israel. A funeral procession winds through the streets. Moemen is there to do his job; he’s a photographer. Over at the port, a boat returns to shore, its hull riddled with bullet wounds. The call to prayer rings out, echoed by the minarets. Like in a dream, the Parkour Team leap around a cemetery. Life in the strip goes on until nightfall.

Nicola Grignani was born in Pavia in 1977. He graduated from the University of Bologna with a thesis on Cuban cinema. Valeria Testagrossa graduated in journalism from Westminster University in London, specialising in documentary production. Andrea Zambelli was born in Bergamo in 1975. He graduated in 2001 from the Bologna DAMS school, with a thesis on low-cost production models in independent cinema. Alberto Mussolini also graduated from DAMS, with his thesis focusing on the experiences of new visual languages through independent Italian media. Luca Scaffidi, who was born in Milan in 1978, is a video maker, director of photography and an expert in social and web communications.