How Kids Roll

How Kids Roll
Theatrical release poster
ItalianI bambini di Gaza – Sulle onde della libertà[1]
Directed byLoris Lai
Written by
  • Loris Lai
  • Dahlia Heyman
Based onSulle onde della libertà
by Nicoletta Bortolotti[2]
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyShane Sigler[3]
Edited byAndrea Maguolo[1]
Music byNicola Piovani
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Eagle Pictures (Italy)
Release date
  • 28 March 2024 (2024-03-28) (Italy)
Countries
Languages
Budget€2.8 million[4]
Box office€126,000[6][7]

How Kids Roll (Italian: I bambini di Gaza – Sulle onde della libertà, lit. 'The Children of Gaza – On the Waves of Freedom') is a 2024 drama film directed by Loris Lai in his feature directorial debut, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Dahlia Heyman, freely inspired by the 2013 Italian novel Sulle onde della libertà (lit. 'On the Waves of Freedom') by Nicoletta Bortolotti. It tells the story of two boys, one Palestinian and the other Israeli, who form an unlikely friendship due to their mutual love for surfing amidst the war in the Gaza Strip during the Second Intifada in 2003. It stars Marwan Hamdan, Mikhael Fridel, Tom Rhys Harries, and Lyna Khoudri. The film is a co-production between Italy, United States and Belgium.

The film was released theatrically in Italy by Eagle Pictures on 28 March 2024.

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  3. ^ a b c d "Roll (WT), Feature Film | 2022-2023 | Italy". Crew United. Archived from the original on 19 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b "The Co-production Podcast | Episode 39: Roll (Italy/Belgium)". Cineuropa. 6 December 2022. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  5. ^ a b Picone, Désirée (6 September 2022). "Si cercano ragazzi per film "Roll" di Loris Lai, da girare in Tunisia". Attori Casting (in Italian). Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  6. ^ Plazzotta, Claudio (17 September 2024). "Aspirano all'Oscar film mezze calzette". Italia Oggi (in Italian).
  7. ^ "How Kids Roll (2024)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 20 September 2024.