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These extraordinary short films are the product of an award-winning youth media program whose primary goal is to bring together Palestinian and Israeli teenagers from the Jerusalem area in order to help break down the walls of misunderstanding that exist between them—walls that have been created by politics, history and the physical separation of their neighborhoods. Founded in 1999 by Gilli Mendel, director of the Media and Film Education Department at the Jerusalem Cinematheque, the annual program gathers young people between the ages of 15 and 17 to make films that reflect their identity and hopes. May profiles a young woman with a Jewish mother and a Palestinian father; The Zoo looks at friendships between Palestinians and Jews working at the zoo; Boy Girl features a young woman with a knack for fixing things; Football explores the leveling of cultural difference on the playing field; Quintuplets brims with the energy of five new lives; Sarah Sings to the Heavens follows an Argentinean Jewish street musician; and Dad Between Berlin and Palestine shows how political conflict creates ruptures in families.
