Gauze vs Timbuktu
Gauze has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7/10 for Timbuktu). Gauze is the shorter watch at 8m compared with 1h 36m. Timbuktu is the older of the two (2014 against 2025). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Gauze
Timbuktu| Gauze | Timbuktu | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2014 |
| Length | 8m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Nicholas Arujah, Noran Fikri Alezabi | Abderrahmane Sissako |
| Main cast | Bashir Alsharbati, Talia Alsharbati, Rasha Alsharbati, Ahmed Rehan, Mjd Ali | Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Abel Jafri, Kettly Noël |
Synopsis
Gauze
14-year-old Zain, a Palestinian swimming champion, faces war and man-made famine. He becomes the sole caregiver to his little brother. When aid drops into the sea, desperate for food, Zain is forced to swim - not for passion, but for survival.
Timbuktu
Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman.