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Name: News from Home / News from House
Director: Amos Gitai
Released: 2005

Amos Gitai 2005

Abandoned by its Palestinian owner in the 1948 war, requisitioned by the Israeli government as vacant, rented to Jewish Algerian immigrants in 1956 and purchased by a university professor who undertakes its transformation into a three-story house in 1980, this West Jerusalem building is no longer the microcosm it was 25 years ago. Concrete reality has transformed into scattered stories and memories. A new identity, a new diaspora, has evolved. Gitai explores the relationships between the house’s inhabitants, past and present, each in his or her own way becomes a sign of the region and the world’s destiny.

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Running Time:

90 min.

Spoken Languages:

Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Arabic

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Amos Gitai

Producers:

Amos Gitai, Michael Tapuach, Laurent Truchot, Patrick Quinet

Cinematographers:

Haim Asias

Editors:

Isabelle Ingold

Production Companies:

Agat Films & Cie, Agav Films, Arte, Artemis Media, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Hamon Productions Ltd., New Israeli Foundation for Cinema and Television, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), Rai 3, SundanceTV

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Design

Investigative Journalism

Israeli-Palestinian Co..

Personal Story

Society

Festival Participation

Berlin International Film Festival / Berlinale - 2006
Presented at the International Forum of New Cinema
Paris : Cinéma du réel - 2006

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