West of the Jordan River (Field Diary Revisited)
Synopsis
Amos Gitai returns to the occupied territories for the first time since his 1982 documentary Field Diary. West of the Jordan River describes the efforts of citizens, Israelis and Palestinians, who are trying to overcome the consequences of occupation. Gitai’s film shows the human ties woven by the military, human rights activists, journalists, mourning mothers and even Jewish settlers. Faced with the failure of politics to solve the occupation issue, these men and women rise and act in the name of their civic consciousness. This human energy is a proposal for long overdue change.
Director
Screenplay
Amos Gitai
Image
Oded Kirma
Sound
Amos Zipori, Nir Alon
Editing
Tal Zana, Yuval Orr
Music
Amit Poznansky
Production
Agav Films
Rashi Stree 37,
63265 Tel Aviv – Israël
+972 544 510295
agav@amosgitai.com
www.amosgitai.com
Coproduction
Nilaya Films – France
Ventes à l’étranger / Foreign sales
Doc & Films International
13, rue Portefoin
75003 Paris – France
+33 1 42 77 56 87
d.elstner@docandfilm.com
www.docandfilm.com
Distribution
Sophie Dulac Distribution
60 rue Pierre Charron
75008 Paris – France
+33 1 44 43 46 01
mzana@sddistribution.fr
www.sddistribution.fr
Presse / Publicist
France
Agnès Chabot
+33 6 84 16 93 39
agnes.chabot9@orange.fr
International
Richard Lormand
+33 6 09 49 79 25
intlpress@aol.com
Title in Original Version : À l'ouest du Jourdain
Press release
Amos Gitai à la recherche du moindre espoir / Télérama
une recherche de lumière au milieu d’une période sombre / Film documentaire
Gitai weaves together a surprisingly uplifting ode to tolerance and peace / Screen Daily
Questa energia umana è una proposta per il cambiamento a lungo auspicato / mymovies.it
Amos Gitai envoie avec ce film un message d’espoir / France Info
Amos Gitai sur France Culture
Un témoignage militant et humaniste / Le Figaro
(Amos Gitaï) delivers not only a thought-provoking, moving and surprisingly optimistic documentary, but an intimate, handmade artifact / Variety