Gaza
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Palestinian Film Institute withdraws IDFA activities following opening night statement
The International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (#IDFA) opened on 8 November under the cloud of political controversy when three activists interrupted the opening ceremony. Unfurling a banner emblazoned with «From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free,” they protested against the ongoing violence against civilians in Gaza, demanding an immediate ceasefire. This bold statement,…
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Innocence has died
ISRAEL: Militarisation and its impact on young Israelis forced to serve against their own identity and values.
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South Lebanon as a lifelong trauma of silence
LEBANON: Young Norwegian soldiers sent to into Israel's 1978 invasion of Lebanon received little recognition for their work and PTSD from a conflict they didn't quite understand.
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A brutal chain of events
ISRAEL: Israeli docudrama unfolds the traumatic themes of violence and revenge that led to open war in the summer of 2014.
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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.
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Exodus – Catch 22
The Chinese contemporary artist and filmmaker Weiwei delivers a captivating life and death fresco of homeless hordes of people in Technicolor.
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Mads Gilbert – On Gaza
The Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert talks about Gaza after returning from the last war.
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Direct action
In her new film former activist Simone Bitton delves into the Imindset of young activists today. The foreign activists are alone in the front line, protected by their non-Palestinian nationality, yet in many ways it seems that they are not really prepared for what they are required to do.