It Could Have Been Me

It Could Have Been Me

2025
12m
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Animation Family Drama

"Two girls. Two worlds. One question: what if it were you?"

Overview

When Sumoud, a Palestinian refugee girl from Gaza, arrives in the US, Yasmeen, a Palestinian-American girl, is reluctant to meet her and doubts they'll have much in common. She soon discovers they share far more than she ever expected. As she learns about Sumoud's life in a refugee camp, Yasmeen is deeply moved, and her view of the world is forever changed. An animated short about empathy, friendship and truly seeing one another.

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Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Countries
Switzerland Egypt Palestinian Territory
Spoken Languages
English Arabic

Keywords

friendship palestine refugee refugee camp based on children's book kindness human rights displacement empathy short film gaza animation

Quick Facts

Release Date August 31, 2025
Status Released
Language EN
Website Visit Site

Cast

Jumanah Elsayed
Jumanah Elsayed

Yasmeen

Hend Atef
Hend Atef

Sumoud

Mohamed Elsayed
Mohamed Elsayed

Baba

Ibrahim Alhajj
Ibrahim Alhajj

Sumoud's dad/sheikh

Key Crew

Lina Abdulkarim
Director
Lina Abdulkarim
Producer
Lina Abdulkarim
Writer
Mohammed Elmashhrawi
Director
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