- Promises (film)
Infobox_Film
name = Promises
caption = Film poster
director =Carlos Bolado B.Z. Goldberg Justine Shapiro
producer =B.Z. Goldberg Justine Shapiro
writer =
starring = Moishe and Raheli Bar Am Faraj Adnan Hassan Husein Mahmoud Mazen Mahmoud Izhiman Daniel Solan Yarko Solan Sanabel Hassan
music =
cinematography =Ilan Buchbinder Yoram Millo
editing =Carlos Bolado
distributor =Cowboy Pictures
released =January 30 ,2001
runtime = 106 min.
language = English/Arabic /Hebrew
budget =
imdb_id = 0282864|"Promises" is a
2001 documentary film that examines theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict from the perspectives of seven children living in the Palestinian communities in theWest Bank and Israeli neighborhoods ofJerusalem .The film follows Israeli-American filmmaker
B.Z. Goldberg as he meets with seven Palestinian and Israeli children between the ages of nine and thirteen, seeing the Middle East conflict through their eyes. Rather than focus on specific political events, the film gives voice to thesechildren , who, although living only 20 minutes apart, live in completely separate worlds. The most important aspect of the film is that it allows "ordinary" kids to develop natural bonds of affection by simply playing games with each other - bonds which transcend the clutter of prejudices they have heard from their parents."Promises" was shot between
1995 and2000 and was produced in association with theIndependent Television Service with partial funding provided by theCorporation for Public Broadcasting .The film has a running time of 106 minutes, and includes Arabic, Hebrew and English dialogue with English subtitles.
In
2004 the filmmakers' produced a follow-up program called "Promises: Four Years On," which features interviews and updates on the children's current lives. It lasts 25 minutes and is included as a special feature on the film's DVD release."Promises" has been shown at many film festivals and received excellent reviews and many accolades including.
Nominations
*Best Documentary, 74th Annual
Academy Awards
*Best Documentary, IFP Spirit Awards
*Truer than Fiction Award, IFP Spirit AwardsAwards
*2002 The NBR Freedom of Expression Citation National Board of Review
*2002 The Michael Landon Award for Community Service to Youth Twenty-Third Annual Young Artist Awards
*2001 Emmy Award, Best Documentary
*2001 Emmy Award, Best Background Analysis
*2001 Rotterdam International Film Festival Audience Award, Best Film
*2001 Munich Film Festival Freedom of Expression Award
*2001 Jerusalem Film Festival Special Festival Award
*2001 Locarno International Film Festival Special Ecumenical Jury Prize
*2001 San Francisco International Film Festival Audience Award, Best Documentary Grand Prize, Best Documentary Golden Gate Award, Documentary Film
*2001 Vancouver International Film Festival Audience Award, Diversity in Spirit Award
*2001 Hamptons International Film Festival Best Documentary
*2001 São Paulo International Film Festival Best Documentary Audience Award
*2001 Valladolid International Film Festival Best Documentary
*2001 Paris International Film Festival (Rencontres) Audience Award-Best FilmOfficial Selection of the Following Festivals
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Toronto International Film Festival
*Galway Film Fleadh
*Rotterdam International Film Festival
*Wellington International Film Festival
*Locarno International Film Festival
*Melbourne International Film Festival
*Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
*Brisbane International Film Festival
*Jerusalem International Film Festival
*Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
*San Francisco International Film Festival
*Vancouver International Film Festival
*Edinburgh International Film Festival
*Festival of New Cinema (Montreal )
*Hamptons International Film Festival
*Warsaw International Film Festival
*Los Angeles International Film Festival
*São Paulo International Film Festival
*Palm Springs Film Festival
*Valladolid International Film Festival
*Sydney International Film Festival
*Festival Do Rio
*Human Rights Watch Film Festival (New York ,Boston ,Berkeley, CA )
*Boston Jewish Film Festival
*St. Petersburg International Film Festival
*Pusan International Film Festival (Korea )
*Nordsk Panorama International Film Festival
*Washington Jewish Film Festival
*Buenos Aires International Film Festival
*Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival
*Stockholm International Film Festival
*San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
*Munich Film FestivalRencontres Cinema de Paris External links
*imdb title|id=0282864|title=Promises
* [http://www.promisesproject.org/ The "Promises" Film Project]
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