Almost Friends

direction: Nitzan Ofir & Barak Heymann

60' minutes

Wednesday, 15.4.

16:45

KINO TUŠKANAC

A dramatic virtual encounter between a Jewish and an Arab girls leads to a surprising, exciting, and stressful experience. Two girls meet through a digital educational project in Israel. Samar’s father comes from the (Palestinian) Occupied Territories. Linor’s family was evacuated from a Jewish settlement. Only 67 kilometres apart, yet an ideological gulf stands between them. The girls meet and an instant bond is struck. Nevertheless, reality overpowers the friendship.

AWARDS:
Festivals: Washington Jewish Film Festival 2015; San Diego Jewish Film Festival, CA 2015; DocAviv Yerucham, Israel 2015; Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People , Greece 2014; Mar del Plata Film Festival, SOUTH AMERICAN 2014; Verzio International Human Rights Film Festival , Budapest,Hungary 2014; Other Israel Film Festival, New York, USA 2014; DOCAVIV Galil Festival, Israel 2014