American Doctor

Volunteering in Gaza changes the lives of three American doctors. Caught between medicine and politics, they can no longer stay silent.

Three American doctors – a Jew, a Palestinian and a Zoroastrian – are very different, but united in their duty. After traveling to Gaza to volunteer, they are faced with a lack of medicine, equipment and personnel, a horde of patients and an unstable situation. The immunity granted to hospitals elsewhere loses all meaning in Gaza. Affected by the catastrophic consequences of acts of war and having formed a close bond, the doctors come back to share their experience and seek change at the principal plane of the conflict – the US Congress.

The screenings will be introduced by Andrius Slavuckis, Logistics Coordinator at the international humanitarian medical organisation Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières).

„Regardless of your views, I recommend seeing this film. It is not only a testimony to the brutal violence inflicted on innocent people, but also a portrait of those doing everything they can to resist it. The protagonists of this film treat the wounded and save lives, but faced with this brutal reality every day, they go beyond the boundaries of their profession – they speak out, bear witness, protest and become activists. Not because it is their duty, but because remaining silent is impossible. Palestine has the right to exist. This film, like the entire Land of Palestine programme, is our way, as festival organisers, of expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people.“ – Judita Ragauskaitė, curator of the Impact Competition programme.

Sundance Film Festival 2026
Salem Film Fest 2026 — Michael Sullivan FRONTLINE Award for Journalism in Documentary
Sheffield DocFest 2026
Sydney Film Festival 2026 — GIO Audience Award for Best International Documentary
CPH:DOX 2026
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival 2026

This film is not available online.