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documentary

Small bits of beauty

Garry Keane, Andrew McConnell: Gaza

EVERYDAY IN GAZA: The film depicts the resignation that is, in fact, a will to find a life and a happiness in the midst of all the tragedies.
Hans Henrik Fafner -
documentary

The city left in the fog of oblivion

Guy-Marc Hinant: Charleroi, The Land of 60 Mountains

: The filmmaker Guy-Marc Hinant wants to save the hometown's reputation by digging out the forgotten stories that have been hidden in the slag heaps of the city's memories.
Carmen Gray -
literature

25 years after the Oslo Agreement

Seth Anziska: Preventing Palestine. A Political History from Camp David to Oslo.

: Eager to bring the Camp David agreement to fruition in 1978 has later made it difficult to meet the Palestinians' desire for an independent state, writes historian Seth Anziska in a new book.
Hans Henrik Fafner -
documentary

Parallel life in the West Bank 

Avner Faingulernt: In the Desert: Omar's Dream and Avidan's Dream

: Avner Faingulernt's two film portraits are a reminder that a birthplace can make the difference between heaven and hell.  
Hans Henrik Fafner -
internationally

Israel is well on its way to apartheid

: An Israel that is now defined in the law as "Jewish" can no longer call itself democratic.
Hans Henrik Fafner -
documentary

Mossad agents lighten the veil

Duki Dror: Inside the Mossad: Imperfect Spies

: The documentary Inside the Mossad reveals former Mossad agents' inside spy stories – some of them even about recent incidents. 
Bernard Dichek -
internationally

Israel's permanent temporary

: The old declaration of equality between citizens has been removed in Israel's urgently adopted new law.
avnery@actcom.co.il -
literature

The country is full!

Alon Tal: The Land Is Full. Addressing Overpopulation In Israel

: Israeli researcher uses his own country to demonstrate how the population can run wild.
Hans Henrik Fafner -
top case

When death becomes the last alternative

: In the weekly demonstrations at the Gaza border, thousands of protesters are betting their lives for a better future.
Nadia Othman -
documentary

Romance and Racism in Tekoa

Iris Zaki: unsettling

: A "left-wing" Israeli filmmaker spends 30 days in an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, in an attempt to get behind the stereotypes. 
Vibeke Harper -
internationally

The struggle for the Palestinian popular memory 

: The ongoing Palestinian return march, which began on March 30 and has gathered tens of thousands of Palestinians, is a message to Israel and the international community that the Palestinians uphold the demand for the right to return to their homeland.
Hamada Hamada Fajer -
literature

The journey to Pitchipoï

Marceline Loridan-Ivens: And you didn't come back

: Strong testimony in the form of a letter about surviving Birkenau – and the difficult life that follows.
Hans Henrik Fafner -
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