The story is set in the midst of war-torn Gaza during the Second Intifada in 2003, where two 12-year-old boys, one Palestinian and the other Israeli, along with an ex-surfing champion, form an unlikely friendship over their mutual love for the water. The lessons they learn from one another go beyond the waves, helping influence their decision-making and show their community that peace can exist.

Familiar Phantoms is an experimental documentary short film about memory, history and trauma.

Avec une délicatesse infinie, les cinéastes dressent un portrait de Gaza par delà les ruines et le conflit sans fin, à partir de Karma et Ahmed, deux ados que tout sépare : Ahmed vit dans un camp de réfugié·es avec son père, ses 3 femmes et ses 35 frères et soeurs, aspirant à devenir pêcheur. Quant à Karma, elle vit dans un appartement de la classe moyenne libérale, et rêve d’un ailleurs impossible. Entre rires et larmes, on croise aussi la route d’un metteur en scène de théâtre plein d’énergie, d’un truculent chauffeur de taxi, et de jumelles wedding planners. Bien au-delà de ce que saisissent les reportages TV, ce morceau de cinéma raconte une Gaza qui porte haut ses couleurs et sa vivacité, sa musique, sa complexité et sa fierté.

Over-Sized Coat" is a 120 minutes-length masterpiece which talks about the Palestinian reality for the period of (1987-2011).

There are children, too, among the Palestinian insurgents. For some time now, the Israeli side has observed minors who take an active part in an Intifada, especially with knives. They are harshly dealt with: prison, hardly any judiciary support. Ada Ushpiz, filmmaker and journalist, comes surprisingly close to some of the Palestinian families concerned. She has accompanied the dubious insurgents over several years and witnessed terrible pressure.

Guy Hircefeld, a veteran who served in the Israeli military at the start of its occupation of Palestine in the 1980s, now fights against the Israeli occupation. His only weapon is a camera.