A Counterpoints Productions film directed by Maria Marrone.
Counterpoints Arts is proud to launch Counterpoints Productions — a purpose-driven production studio telling stories that build narrative power for migrants, refugees, and displaced communities. Developed with the support of partners and funders including The Power of Pop Fund, Counterpoints Productions produces, co-produces, and collaborates on films that challenge dominant narratives, centre lived experience, and create meaningful cultural impact.
The Light That Remains, directed by Maria Marrone, is among the first of our commissions. This tender and deeply human story follows Mosab, a Gazan software engineer separated from his wife and children as they evacuate Gaza for emergency medical care. Left behind in a city under siege with only uncertainty and a laptop, Mosab begins building something extraordinary: a virtual reality program designed to help survivors of genocide cope with mental trauma.
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As the film unfolds, we witness not only Mosab’s resilience but the spirit of many Palestinians who, even amidst genocide, continue to imagine new forms of healing and connection. Balancing loneliness with a relentless drive to serve others, Mosab transforms grief into action and despair into purpose.
The Light that Remains is an intimate portrait of resilience, exploring how one man’s compassion and creativity become tools for survival. It’s a story about holding on to family through distance, building connection through technology, and refusing to let go of hope even when the world gives every reason to.
About the Director
Maria Marrone is an emerging documentary filmmaker whose work explores identity, faith, and liberation across diasporic and displaced communities. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and SOAS, Maria has spent eight years working in post-production and has contributed to award-winning films including You Resemble Me and Another Body. Her cinematography and editing in her debut short, The Ritual to Beauty, won the Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance and earned nominations at Hot Docs, BlackStar, and BFI London Film Festival.
Guided by her own experience as an immigrant and her deep engagement with Muslim and migrant narratives, Maria approaches filmmaking as a collective and restorative act. “I’ve been intentional about ensuring this process remains collaborative—that my ideas are open to challenge, especially when they risk obscuring the reality on the ground,” she says. “I approach this project with a clear intention: to serve, to uplift, and to bring good before anything else.”
