🎞️ «Soaked In Blood»; «The Fifth Estate»

Screening of all documentaries competing in the DIG Awards 2026 «Investigative Medium» category

1. SOAKED IN BLOOD: THE KILLING OF AMEEN SAMEER KHALIFA

PRODUZIONE: Middle East Eye
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom, Palestine
PRODUCTION COUTRY: United Kingdom, Palestine
DATE: 2025
LENGTH: 40′
DIRECTED BY: Hossam Sarhan, Mohamed Shalaby

On 3 June 2025, Ameen Sameer Khalifa, a 30-year-old Palestinian, set out for a GHF food distribution centre in southern Gaza to find food for his displaced family. Hours later, his mother identified his body at Nasser Medical Complex. Using forensic analysis, eyewitness testimony, satellite imagery and Ameen’s own final video, this investigation reconstructs the events leading to his death and reveals how Gaza’s humanitarian aid system turned food distribution sites into deadly traps for civilians. The investigation identifies an Israeli military outpost near the site and raises questions about the so-called “safe routes” established for those seeking aid.

2. THE FIFTH ESTATE: FUNDING THE OCCUPATION

PRODUCTION: CBC Television
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
PRODUCTION COUTRY: Israel
DATE: 2025
LENGTH: 45′
DIRECTED BY: Scott Anderson

An investigation into how Canadian charitable donations are involved in funding Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The film follows the flow of millions of dollars in donations to Canadian charities linked to settlement activities, showing how the country's tax system allows these funds to reach organizations that support settlements considered illegal under international law. Through financial documents and testimonies from Palestinian families affected by settler violence, the investigation highlights the human and political consequences of this system.