BETWEEN FENCES
Avi Mograbi and Chen Alon go to meet African asylum-seekers in a camp in the middle of the Neguev desert where they are confined by the state of Israel. Together, they question the status of the refugees in Israel using ‘Theater of the Opressed’ techniques. Is their tragic story any different from the one of Mograbi’s grandmother who fled the Nazis? What leads men and women to leave everything behind and go towards the unknown? Why does Israel, land of the refugees, refuse to take into consideration the situation of the exiled, thrown onto the roads by war, misery and abuses? Could theater create a bridge between people? Can theater become a player in social change?
Avi Mograbi, born in 1956 in Tel Aviv, is a film director whose projects, regularly centered on the conflict between Israel and Palestine, examine how violence impacts the individual. Mograbi frequently appears in his films, taking the position of both director and concerned citizen in seeking to understand what he witnesses. He studied art and philosophy and has made more than twenty films since 1989. Filmography: Between Fences (2016), Once I entered a garden (2012), Z32 (2008), Avenge but One of my Two Eyes (2005), August (2002), Happy Birthday Mr. Mograbi (1999), How I Learned to Overcome My Fear and Love Arik Sharon (1997), The Reconstruction (1994).
Berlinale 2016
Doclisboa 2016
Silent Green 2016
Festival des 3 Continents 2016
BETWEEN FENCES (doc.)
Director: Avi Mograbi
Country: Israel, France
Year: 2016.
Runtime: 85’
Language: Hebrew, Tigrigna, Arabic
Production: Les Films d’Ici, Vidéo-de-Poche
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PROGRAMME: IN FOCUS: AVI MOGRABI