A Letter to a Friend in Gaza
Amos Gitai / Israel / 2018 / Czech Premiere / 34 min.
synopsis
A film about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict whose author shows uncompromising disapproval of the Gaza blockade, trying to stir responsibility in Israelis for their actions. As his basic tool, he uses readings of thematic stories and poems by Albert Camus, Mahmoud Darwish, Yizhar Smilansky and others.
biography
Amos Gitai (1950) made his debut film in 1972. He focuses on Israeli-Arab conflicts and his works have been presented at many festivals. Last year’s Ji.hlava IDFF screened his doc West of the River Jordan.
more about film
| director: | Amos Gitai |
| producer: | Shuki Friedman, Laurent Truchot |
| photography: | Oded Kirma |
| editing: | Yuval Orr |
| music: | Alex Claude |
contact
CINEPHIL / Shoshi Korman / Levontin Street 18 / 6511207 / Tel Aviv / Israel / +972 3 566 4129 / shoshi@cinephil.com / www.cinephil.com
Film at festival
| premiere type: | Czech Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2018 |
| section: | Special Event |
| format: | DCP |
| language: | Hebrew |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Amos Gitai |
| original title: | A Letter to a Friend in Gaza |
| country: | Israel |
| year: | 2018 |
| running time: | 34 min. |
