Slingshot
Hip Hop
Director:
Jackie Reem Salloum
Time: 83
minutes, English subtitles, Feature Film
Synopsis:
Slingshot Hip Hop braids together the stories of young
Palestinians living in Gaza, the
West Bank and inside Israel as they discover Hip Hop and employ
it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and
poverty. From internal checkpoints and Separation Walls to
gender norms and generational differences, this is the story of
young people crossing the borders that separate them.
Encounter
Point
Director:
Ronit Avni
Time: 85
minutes, English subtitles, feature film
Synopsis:
When the world is losing hope about the possibility of
resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict comes Encounter
Point. Encounter Point moves beyond sensational and dogmatic
imagery to tell the story of an Israeli settler, a Palestinian
ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israel
mother and a wounded Palestinian brother who risk their safety
and public standing to press for an end to the conflict. They
are at the vanguard of a movement to push Palestinian and
Israeli societies to a tipping point, forging a new consensus
for nonviolence and peace.
Reframe
Director: Jo
Luping
Time: 50
minutes, English subtitles, documentary
Synopsis:
This feature documentary looks at the Palestinian-Israeli
conflict through the lens of international law. The film follows
New Zealand
human rights lawyer Dianne Luping as she works in the occupied
Palestinian territories during 2001 and 2002. Along the way, the
viewer is introduced to a number of Jewish and Palestinian peace
activists working at a grass roots level, and a voice is given
to those living at the front line.
Palestine
Blues
Director:
Nida Sinnokrot
Time: 72
minutes, English subtitles, documentary
Synopsis:
Palestine Blues tells the story of a village’s confusion and
desperation; their daily victories and wrenching defeats. The
documentary was shot over six months focusing on the farming
village of Jayyous, bearing witness to the destruction of many
of its homes, ancient olive groves and farming lands, which were
destroyed by the bulldozers and weaponry of the Israeli army in
its inexorable charge to raise the “security” wall across
occupied Palestine.
Rana’s
Wedding
Director:
Hany Abu-Assad
Time: 86
minutes, English subtitles, Feature film
Synopsis:
When Rana is faced with an ultimatum – choose a husband from
a list of eligible, respectable men or leave for Egypt – she
goes searching for a lover of her own choosing. Moving across
checkpoints to the West Bank, finding a wedding dress in a war
zone, and settling family differences all in just ten hours,
Rana finds…In Jerusalem, love has many roadblocks.
Private
Director:
Saverio Costanzo
Time: 90
minutes, English subtitles, Feature film
Synopsis:
Mohammad, his wife and their five children live in a large,
isolated house located mid-way between a Palestinian village and
an Israeli settlement. Viewed as a strategic lookout point, the
house is forcefully taken over by Israeli soldiers, who confine
Mohammad and his family to a few downstairs rooms in daytime and
a single room at night. Against his wife’s wishes, Mohammad
decides to keep the family together in the house until the
soldiers move on, creating division among his kin and a
precarious relationship with the soldiers.
The Syrian
Bride
Director:
Eran Riklis
Time: 97
minutes, English subtitles, Feature film
Synopsis:
Mona’s wedding day may be the saddest of her life. Once she
crosses the border into Syria, she
will never be allowed back to her beloved family in the Druze
village of Majdal Shams. Shot on location in the
Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Syrian Bride is a powerful
film about physical, mental and emotional borders and the
courage it takes to cross them. Told with great humor and
compassion, its story provides an emotionally stirring look at
the human side of political conflict, focusing on the hopes and
dreams of one family trapped in a no-man’s land between two
nations.
Breaking the
Silence: Israeli Soldiers Talk About Hebron
Time: 38
minutes, English subtitles, Documentary
Synopsis:
Breaking
the Silence
is an organization of veteran Israeli soldiers that collects
testimonies of soldiers who served in the
Occupied
Territories during the Second Intifada. Soldiers who serve in
the Territories are witness to, and participate in military
actions which change them immensely. Cases of abuse towards
Palestinians, looting, and destruction of property have been the
norm for years, but are still excused as military necessities,
or explained as extreme and unique cases. The testimonies
portray a different and grim picture of questionable orders in
many areas regarding Palestinian civilians
