Watermelon Pictures’ Founding Brothers Hamza And Badie Ali On Their Mission To Tell Untold Stories From Palestine And Beyond: “It’s A Duty”

From Hollywood’s earliest era up to today, brothers have produced an outsized impact on the movie industry: Jack Warner and his siblings, Joel and Ethan Coen, the Duffer brothers, Russo brothers, Farrelly brothers, Duplass brothers, and the Ways (Chapman and Maclain), among others.

Hamza and Badie Ali are emerging as the newest brother tandem to make their mark on the business, founding Watermelon Pictures in 2024. Already, they have an Oscar nomination to their name, for The Voice of Hind Rajab, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. The recent Best International Feature nominee, based on the true story of a young Palestinian girl killed in Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces, fits precisely within Watermelon Pictures’ bold mission statement: “To shift culture on a large scale by bringing Palestinian cinema, and other untold stories, to broad audiences.”

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