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Bridge Over the Wadi

(גשר על הואדי)

Bridge Over the Wadi 2006 | Israel | 55 min.
Language: Arabic, Hebrew (Hebrew/English subtitles)

Credits

  • Research: Rafaat Hattab
  • Original score: Eli Soorani
  • Cinematographer: Daniel miran, Uri Levi & Itai raziel
  • Editors: Arik Leibovitch, Amit Azaz, Erez Laufer, Ron Goldman, & Lavi ben-gal
  • Written, Directed, and Produced by: Tomer Heymann & Barak Heymann
  • Co-Produced together with: ITVS

Synopsis

For the first time in Israel, a group of Arab and Jewish parents decide to establish a conjoint bi-national, bi-lingual school inside an Arab village.

The film follows the school's first year and portrays through the personal stories of its characters, how complicated and fragile is the attempt to create an environment of co-existence against the backdrop of the complicated reality around.

 

This film was supported by ITVS and The Rabinovich Foundation. 

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Film Festivals & Awards

  • Winner of the Golden Award at the Shanghai TV Festival, China, 2007
  • Jury Award in "Contact" Film Festival, Ukraine, 2007
  • Jury Award in "Human Rights Documentary Days", Ukraine, 2008
  • Audience Award in "One World" Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2007
  • Audience Award in "Watch Docs" film festival, Poland, 2007
  • Audience Award in "Verzio" Film Festival, Hungary, 2007
  • Audience Award in "One World" Film Festival, Bratislava Slovakia, 2007
  • IDFA, Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, The Netherlands,2006
  • Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival, USA, 2007
  • Sydney International Film Festival, Australia, 2007
  • Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece, 2007
  • Parnu International Film Festival, Estonia, 2007
  • Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil, 2007
  • DocsBarcelona – International Documentary Film Festival, Spain, 2007
  • Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK, 2007
  • San Francisco Jewish Film Festival USA, 2008
  • Zagreb Dox – International Documentary Film Festival, Croatia, 2007
  • UK Jewish Film Festival, UK, 2007
  • Krakow International Film Festival, Poland, 2007
  • EcoFilm Festival - Rodos, Greece, 2008
  • Cleaveland Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2008
  • Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival, USA, 2008
  • Human Rights Film Festival – Seoul, Korea, 2008
  • San Paulo Jewish Film Festival, Brazil, 2008
  • South Caucasus Doc.Film Festival of Peace & Humn Rights, Caucasus, 2008
  • Zagreb Jewish Film Festival, Croatia, 2008
  • Israel Festival, Rome, Italy, 2007
  • Freiburger Film Forum, Germany, 2007
  • "Voices Forward" – Toronto, Canada, 2007

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