Long still frames, text, language, and sound are woven together to unfold the narrative of an anonymous group who fill their time by measuring distance.
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Anas ek Aili works with Palestinian children in Ramallah. Independently, they create a video to portray their surroundings from their own perspective and their understanding of the language of video.
UntitledWhen Israel withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula in 1982, the city of Rafah was suddenly split, between Egypt and Gaza, by an immense metal and concrete wall. Families found themselves divided by a highsecurity international border, though their houses often lay less than 100m apart. Before long, influential families moved their business underground, through dozens of secret tunnels burrowed below the Israeli border fence. Everything moves through Rafah's tunnels: from cigarettes and drugs to cash and people. It is a vast enterprise, and pays five times the average annual Gaza salary in one month. It is a family business, passed on from father to son and always - for reasons of security as well as economics - kept in the family.
Untitled“On december 19th 2008, the Free Gaza movement sailed from Cyprus to Palestine. Our objective was to break the Israeli siege over the Gaza Strip. We were the last and only foreigners to enter and stay in the territory. We got involved in something that nobody expected”.
Liana Badr's documentary locates itself at the checkpoints and Wall crossings within the Palestinian Occupied Territories. Here, the control of walls, gates, and roads is always political, and seemingly simple structures serve not as means of passage but more often as obstacles to the crops, families, schools, and livelihoods of those who must endure their presence.
Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)New and established Palestinian filmmakers came together in a project that reflects the “mood” of the summer of 2006, when Israel carried out military assaults in Gaza and Lebanon. In three minutes or less, filmmakers were asked to tell their stories in a single shot. Despite the fact that Palestinians have been dispersed across the globe, with the majority of them unable to return to their homeland, this project, initiated by the Palestinian Film Collective, was limited to filmmakers who live in Palestine. The result is a mosaic of 13 short films, each less than 3 minutes in length, produced across Palestine that convey the personal, political and poetic spirit of a people struggling for freedom.
UntitledQualb el Umur (QU) is a project of the Arab Education Forum.It provides spaces and opportunities for people, especially young people, to work in small groups, to reflect on and express their work and experiences, and interact, learn, communicate, and build. This film is the first products of the Qu project in Palestine and were done in cooperation with Palestine Mirror Production and the popular Art Center. The Children were given the space to work on their own films and learn and grow through reflecting on their life and trough teamwork.
A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict, Occupation 101 presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions. The film also details life under Israeli military rule, the role of the United States in the conflict, and the major obstacles that stand in the way of a lasting and viable peace.
UntitledAn inside view from the streets of the events that took place over one week in the Palestinian city of Nablus in August 2004. The camera takes us into the world of children who play at being soldiers in an army that has stones and motives as its only weapons. In the midst of Israeli gunshots and bombs, a dialog takes place with soldiers who sometimes seem more frightened than their own victims. The camera, with a group of international activists and paramedics, follows the soldiers as they search the city house by house. The international presence also acts as an "occupier-witness" of the zone of impunity in which Israel regularly acts.
UntitledVideo footage questioning who is the terrorist and why. Reflection on the daily conflict in the occupied territories accompanied by Rap music produced by youth under occupation and inspired by the Intifada.
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