On January 15, 2008, Israeli tanks destroyed the Peace Park, the only public park in the Gaza Strip. It had been a donation from the city of Barcelona to the residents of the Gaza Strip. The documentary gathers the testimonies of the neighbours hours after the attack. If they need to recover their public spaces, do we have to simply pay what Israel breaks?
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On June 4, 2008, Barack Obama spoke to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C.
Untitled“Avenge But One of My Two Eyes” is a ramble between three arenas at the height of the “El Aqsa” Intifada: the practice of the Masada cult, reinvented in the mid-1940s and interwoven with the leading Zionist discourse, the condition of oppression and besiegement of the Palestinian people in the occupied territories, and the continuous religious and secular cult of Samson, aka “Samson the Hero”. Real places, times and situations penetrate one another and integrate, presenting the Israeli reality as it is: embroiled, violent, suicidal.
UntitledFive Palestinian, Israeli and international activists paint themselves blue and don pointy ears and tails that make them look like the characters in the film Avatar. Although their colonisers are from different origins, the Avatars, like the Palestinians, fight imperialism. 'The Avatars' presence in Bil'in today symbolizes united resistance to imperialism of all kinds.
UntitledThe testimonies of Arab infiltrators in Israel.
UntitledThrough the story of Bir'im, a destroyed Palestinian village, we encounter Nahida and two other women from the kibbutz built on its land. The trio's moving story focuses on a struggle for the return of the villagers to their homeland, a central issue in the Palestinian experience.
UntitledAbout Home shows what happen when people live more than 60 years in a refugee camp. The film goes inside the intimate life of a Palestinan familiy to show their thoughts, desires and contradictions after more than half a century living in Lebanon as a refugees. About Home explores the meaning of living in stand-by in an atmosphere of hate, violence and arms. Small clockwork bombs inhabiting a compulsive country.
A 13-minute lyrical piece, based on a poem by Nadia Habib. An appeal for hope against despair, it reminds us that beyond the politics of occupation, Israelis and Palestinians live and work and suffer loss, side by side.
Qualb 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. In the film A Day in our Life, the children aged 12-16 years present their life in the Amari refugee camp in Ramallah. They use documentary as well as role play to introduce the audience to details of daily life in a refugee camp in Ramallah, including people's memory which is an integral part of their life.
In Israel's occupied territories, thousands of Palestinians work illegally as construction laborers. After an arduous and dangerous journey,loaded with blankets and bags, they cross the hills to the places where they can find employment. At night they sleep on the hillcrests in improvised huts and coffin-like sleeping cubicles, a stark contrast to the luxury apartment complexes they build by day. But they have made homes for themselves, complete with cosy pillows and even power generated by batteries they have scraped together. In 9 Star Hotel, the filmmakers follow Ahmed and Muhammad, one a merry collector of found objects, the other a philosophical criticaster of the Palestinian character ("We think backward. We never think forward."). Together, they share food, belongings and stories, and live under the constant threat of getting arrested -police, soldiers and the secret service are all tirelessly on the alert for illegal workers. With raw, handheld images, this disconcerting yet touching film documents friendship, nostalgia and the uncompromising urge to survive.