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My Terrorist

This is the story of a girl who dreamt of being an officer in the IDF, who was a great patriot and who was shot and wounded in a 1978 terrorist attack on an El Al flight crew in London. Now a grown woman with daughters of her own, this mother does not allow them to leave their home for fear of Palestinian suicide attacks. Patriotism, to her, now means trying to reconcile with the terrorist who shot her 22 years earlier, who is still in a UK prison. In a climate of violence and terrorism, she observes the Middle East and sees that hatred is the only universal language. The pain and fear of the past shatter her world. Will she be able to write in support of her terrorist to the parole committee?

Festivals and Awards:

Jerusalem IFF ,2002 – Special Jury Award;IDFA ,2003 – Silver Wolf Competition; One World International Film Festival Prague, 2003; Femme Totale Dortmund Germany, 2003; Nat Film Festival Denmark, 2003; Short&Docs Reykjavik Iceland, 2003; Corporacion Cinememoria Quito Ecuador, 2003; Seattle Jewish Film Festival, 2003; San Francisco IFF, 2003; Jeonju Seoul Korea, 2003; Norwegian Filmfestival, 2003; Jewish Film Festival: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, 2003; Washington IFF, 2003; Human Rights Watch NY USA, 2003

Director: Yulie Cohen Gerstel

Producer: Yulie Cohen Gerstel

Cinematographer: Oded Kirma, Moshe Gerstel, Yulie Gerstel

Editor: Boaz Leon

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television,The Soros Foundation, Noga Communications – Channel 8, BBC, TVOntario, TV2 Denmark, YLE Finland, SUT Stockholm, SVT Sweden, SBS TV Australia

Subtitles: English

Film Name in Hebrew: המחבל שלי

This is the story of a girl who dreamt of being an officer in the IDF, who was a great patriot and who was shot and wounded in a 1978 terrorist attack on an El Al flight crew in London. Now a grown woman with daughters of her own, this mother does not allow them to leave their home for fear of Palestinian suicide attacks. Patriotism, to her, now means trying to reconcile with the terrorist who shot her 22 years earlier, who is still in a UK prison. In a climate of violence and terrorism, she observes the Middle East and sees that hatred is the only universal language. The pain and fear of the past shatter her world. Will she be able to write in support of her terrorist to the parole committee?

Festivals and Awards:

Jerusalem IFF ,2002 – Special Jury Award;IDFA ,2003 – Silver Wolf Competition; One World International Film Festival Prague, 2003; Femme Totale Dortmund Germany, 2003; Nat Film Festival Denmark, 2003; Short&Docs Reykjavik Iceland, 2003; Corporacion Cinememoria Quito Ecuador, 2003; Seattle Jewish Film Festival, 2003; San Francisco IFF, 2003; Jeonju Seoul Korea, 2003; Norwegian Filmfestival, 2003; Jewish Film Festival: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, 2003; Washington IFF, 2003; Human Rights Watch NY USA, 2003

Director: Yulie Cohen Gerstel

Producer: Yulie Cohen Gerstel

Cinematographer: Oded Kirma, Moshe Gerstel, Yulie Gerstel

Editor: Boaz Leon

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television,The Soros Foundation, Noga Communications – Channel 8, BBC, TVOntario, TV2 Denmark, YLE Finland, SUT Stockholm, SVT Sweden, SBS TV Australia

Subtitles: English

Film Name in Hebrew: המחבל שלי

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