In the heart of the Gaza Strip, the line between a hospital and a battlefield often disappears. American Doctor is a powerful, vérité-style documentary that follows three American physicians, Dr. Mark Perlmutter, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, and Dr. Thaer Ahmad, as they navigate the harrowing reality of providing medical care during a humanitarian crisis. Representing Jewish, Zoroastrian, and Palestinian backgrounds, these three men are united by a single, desperate mission: saving lives. Director Poh Si Teng captures their tireless work at the Nasser Medical Complex, where they perform miracles with dwindling resources while the sounds of nearby bombings shake the operating rooms. The film does not shy away from the brutal reality of conflict; it features heart-rending footage and stories of loss that are difficult to witness but impossible to ignore. Beyond the hospital walls, the documentary explores the heavy personal toll of their activism. From Dr. Ahmad’s struggle to enter his ancestral homeland to the group’s efforts to penetrate the walls of silence in Washington D.C., the film highlights the “Sisyphean task” of advocating for the vulnerable.”Years from now, when institutions and those in power inevitably shift their politics, we will have a record,” says director Poh Si Teng. “A film that shows who stood their ground and spoke up for the most vulnerable when it was hardest.” American Doctor  premiered at Sundance and later screened at Thessaloniki IDFF, where it received both the Amnesty International Award and the “Peter Wintonick” Audience Award, a powerful testament to courage and humanity.Raman Chawla