Mohamed Hassanein Heikal
1948: an Egyptian filmmaker is creating newsreel stories about a volunteer force tasked to liberate Palestinian farmers. The journey propels him towards a chance encounter with a tenacious young leader of a nearby commune that will set in motion events that will change their lives forever.
At a banquet hall in Israel, at the height of a war, Adam Weizmann’s Bar Mitzvah party turns into a glorious catastrophe. On the cusp of manhood—and on the verge of a nervous breakdown—Adam takes a crucial step toward coming to terms with his sexuality.
The film was shot entirely in a nightclub, with an adjoining contemporary art gallery, whose customers are both Israelis and Palestinians, in one of Israel’s most open cities, Haifa. A long night in a place where the most diverse people meet: Jews, Muslims, gays, heterosexuals, transvestites; and three women, who in that multifaceted microcosm, a gathering peaceful hideout, can find shelter from male bullying and arrogance.
Um recém-libertado prisioneiro político palestino não se sente como se ele fosse o herói que todos dizem que ele é.
Ali Al-Maati
Em julho de 1976, um voo da Air France de Tel-Aviv à Paris foi sequestrado e forçado a pousar em Entebbe, na Uganda. Os passageiros judeus foram mantidos reféns para ser negociada a liberação dos terroristas e anarquistas palestinos presos em Israel, na Alemanha e na Suécia. Sob pressão, o governo israelita decidiu organizar uma operação de resgate atacar o campo de pouso e soltar os reféns.
George
The film captures the daily duality of three young Palestinian women in Tel Aviv, caught between hometown tradition and big city abandon, and the price they must pay for a lifestyle that seems obvious to many: the freedom to work, party, fuck, and choose.
