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JOURNALISM: A savage novel punctures war correspondent hero myths, exposing careerism, entitlement, and the fixer who does the real work.
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The changing mindset among young American Jews
ISRAEL: Exploring the shift in American Jewish support for Israel through personal journeys of disillusionment and activism.
Death – more or less real
REALITY: We perceive reality very differently. So let me suggest three areas where reality is real, strong and direct for all of us. But also about what a newly translated book by Pier Paolo Pasolini says about film’s contact with reality.
Time of the wolves
BEIRUT: Through its unflinching portrayal of the residents’ daily hardships, In the Shadow of Beirut sheds light on the pervasive poverty, limited access to resources, and the dire need for basic living conditions in this densely crowded corner of the Middle East.
Coliving for a peaceful future
ISRAEL: The many children brought up in the unique environment where a group of Arabs and Jews decided to challenge everything they know about their nationalities and histories.
Manual for military occupation
ISRAEL: An insight into how a foreign occupation works and the logic behind it.
Children of the Intifada
CONFLICT: At the time this film was made there were over four hundred children under the age of sixteen held in Israeli prisons, an alarming fact – as is the recognition someone is engaging them to become front-line warriors.
Small fragments of beauty
«I was born by the sea, I will stay by the sea, and I will be buried by the sea!» 14 year old Ahmad Jamal al Aqraa utters.
Documentary as a transmission medium
OPPRESSION: The new documentary Spaces of Exception draws parallels between the experiences of oppression and resistance in Native American reservations and Palestinian refugee camps.
Peeling back the layers of the Israeli-Palestine conflict
West of the Jordan River is Amos Gitai’s first return to the Palestinian occupied territories since his 1982 documentary Field Diary. In his latest film he picks up the pieces where he left off – arguing that people is the change needed to make peace in the Middle East.
In the backyard of war
As the peace efforts between Israel and Palestine have come to a halt, the Palestinians in Nabi Saleh dream about access to the Mediterranean Sea – still out of their reach.