ISRAEL/PALESTINE STUDIES

NATIONAL JERUSALEM TORONTO ACADEMY LOS ANGELES TELLURIDE INTERNATIONAL OPHIR AWARDS SOCIETY FILM CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL THE GATEKEEPERS AWARDS OF FILM CRITICS (WORLD PREMIERE) FILM FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL 2013 2012 ASSOCIATION 2012 (INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE) 2012 2012 2012 2012 Directed by: Dror Moreh Charged with overseeing Israel’s war on terror-both Palestinian and Jewish- Produced by: Dror Moreh, Estelle the head of the Shin Bet, Israel’s secret service is involved in every decision Fialon, Philippa Kowarsky made. For the first time six former heads of the agency agreed to share their insights and reflect publicly on their actions and decisions. The Gatekeepers offers an exclusive account of the sum of their success and failures. It validates the reasons that each man individually and the six as a group came to reconsider their hard-line positions and advocate a conciliatory approach 95 min. | Hebrew with Eng. Subtitles | Belgium, France, Germany, Israel 2012 toward their enemies based on a two-state solution.

BERLIN CINEMA DOCUMENTARIST THE JERUSALEM MEDFILM FESTIVAL THE EDWARD SAID INTERNATIONAL SOUTH FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL CINEMA DEL MEDITERRANEO MEMORIAL CONFERENCE ART/VIOLENCE FILM FESTIVAL (ISRAEL) (ISTANBUL, TURKEY) FILM FESTIVAL A ROMA (UTRECHT UNIVERSITY, THE NETHERLANDS) (JERUSALEM, ISRAEL) (ROME, ITALY) 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 Directed by: Batoul Taleb Udi Aloni, Mariam Abu Khaled Following the lead of their beloved director and peace activist, Juliano Mer-Khamis, who was murdered on April 4th, 2011 outside the Freedom Produced by: Udi Aloni Theater in the Jenin Refugee Camp in the West Bank, they use their Batoul Taleb, Tamer Nafar imagination in an unpredictably brutal environment creating an artistic Aviva Zimmerman rebellion; a vivid and brave portrayal of a young, active generation of Palestinians. 75 min. | Arabic, English, Hebrew with Eng. Subtitles | USA 2013

JERUSALEM SUNDANCE THESSALONIKI MUNICH HUMAN RIGHTS IDFA 2002 FILM FESTIVAL HOT DOCS WATCH FILM FESTIVAL FORD TRANSIT FILM FESTIVAL THES DOCFEST 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 NEW YORK 2003 Directed by: Hany Abu-Assad Rajai, a Palestinian “service” taxi driver ferries his passengers between East Produced by: Bero Beyer Jerusalem and Ramallah for 3 shekels a ride. En route, he either gives you insight into the daily challenges faced by Palestinians under Israeli occupation, or he drives you crazy. Or both. His take on the Intifada, suicide bombings and life in general is mirrored in his passengers—which include prominent Palestinian political and cultural figures, and more than one 99 min. | Arabic with Eng. Subtitles | delightful cameo appearance in this blurry document of fact and fiction. Netherlands 2002

DOCAVIV VISION DU REEL DOK LEIPZIG THE LAB 2013 2013 2013 Directed by: Yotam Feldman Since 9/11, the Israeli arms industries are doing bigger business than ever Produced by: Yoav Roeh before. Large Israeli companies develop and test the vessels of future warfare, Aurit Zamir which is then sold worldwide by private Israeli agents, who manipulate a network of Israeli politicians and army commanders, while Israeli theoreticians explain to various foreign countries how to defeat civil and para-military resistance. The film reveals The Lab, which has transformed the 60 min. | Hebrew with Eng. Subtitles | Israeli military occupation from a burden to a marketable, highly profitable, Belgium, France, Israel 2013 national asset.

DOK LEIPZIG CINEMA SHANGHAI OFFICIAL SELECTION IN THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL TORONTO SOUTH FESTIVAL TV FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL THE JERUSALEM INTERNATIONAL LUXURIES ISRAEL CHINA JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL GERMANY USA 2012 2011 2012 2012 ISRAEL 2011 Directed by: David Ofek An elusive “coordinator,” vague formulas that calculate “survival capacity”, Produced by: Edna Kowarsky warehouses cramped with rotting goods, and donkeys dressed up as zebras – Elinor Kowarsky all take part in the mosaic that sketches a surreal reality in which evil and stupidity merge. Director David Ofek takes the viewer on a journey to the absurd front of the Israeli “blockade on Gaza”, revealing the consequences of a policy that limits the flow of goods into Gaza. 54 min. | Hebrew with Eng. Subtitles | Israel 2011

UK JEWISH POISONED FILMS Directed by: Daniel Sivan In the shadow of the war in Gaza, Four best friends are just finishing their Produced by: One Man Show army basic training… In a few months they will no longer be 18 year old boys, but soldiers. Soldiers in the army; in Artillery; in elite units – serving on the Lebanon border, in the Occupied Territories, in Checkpoints, on the streets of Hebron and Gaza. “Poisoned” is a character driven film, following four boys from their high school graduation and deep into the army service. At the age of 18 they will 50 min. | Hebrew with Eng. Subtitles | Israel 2010 all become the property of the Israeli Army.

JERUSALEM LIFE SENTENCES FILM FESTIVAL Directed by: Nurit Kedar Yaron Shani An Arab man marries a Jewish woman. They give birth to a girl and a boy and live in quiet harmony among the Arab-Jewish community. Nobody realizes Produced by: Nurit Kadaer that behind dozens of mysterious terror attacks which trembles the state of Israel in the late 60's stands no other than the Arab father.When he is caught the mother decides to flee the country with her kids. When they grow up, the two will take opposite roads – She will become an ultra-orthodox Jew, and he 96 min. | Arabic, Hebrew with Eng. Subtitles | will fall in love and marry his Muslim cousin.. Israel 2013

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