White Night
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White Night
Night after night a group of Palestinian women go on a border-crossing journey from their village, crawling on the ground through a hole in the fence and into Jerusalem. Here they pretend to be Israeli, blend into their surroundings, and go to work in order to support their children. On these nightly journeys they share with each other their lives, pain, hopes and dreams. These women maneuver their lives between the men who forbid them to work and the Israeli soldiers who pursue them. They risk capture and arrest every night to work as cleaning ladies in Jerusalem.
Festivals and Awards:
Special Mention at The Ahmed Atiia Awards, 2012; Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, Greece, 2013; DocPoint Helsinki International Film Festival, Sweden 2013; Healthy Workplaces Film Award at the Dok-Leipzig International Documentary Film Festival, Germany, 2012; DocAviv, Israel, 2012
Director: Irit Gal
Producer: Nurit Kedar, Mosh Danon
Production Company: Inosan Productions
Cinematographer: Daniel Gal
Editor: Yuval Orr
Original Soundtrack: Ilan Virzberg
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Channel 10
Distributor: Go2Films
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: לילה לבן
Category: Borders and Periphery / Human Rights / Israeli-Palestinian Conflict / Jerusalem / Women
Tag Words: border-crossing Jerusalem Palestinian struggle women
Night after night a group of Palestinian women go on a border-crossing journey from their village, crawling on the ground through a hole in the fence and into Jerusalem. Here they pretend to be Israeli, blend into their surroundings, and go to work in order to support their children. On these nightly journeys they share with each other their lives, pain, hopes and dreams. These women maneuver their lives between the men who forbid them to work and the Israeli soldiers who pursue them. They risk capture and arrest every night to work as cleaning ladies in Jerusalem.
Festivals and Awards:
Special Mention at The Ahmed Atiia Awards, 2012; Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, Greece, 2013; DocPoint Helsinki International Film Festival, Sweden 2013; Healthy Workplaces Film Award at the Dok-Leipzig International Documentary Film Festival, Germany, 2012; DocAviv, Israel, 2012
Director: Irit Gal
Producer: Nurit Kedar, Mosh Danon
Production Company: Inosan Productions
Cinematographer: Daniel Gal
Editor: Yuval Orr
Original Soundtrack: Ilan Virzberg
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Channel 10
Distributor: Go2Films
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: לילה לבן
Category: Borders and Periphery / Human Rights / Israeli-Palestinian Conflict / Jerusalem / Women
Tag Words: border-crossing Jerusalem Palestinian struggle women