Film - Hotel Everest, with Objector, and Youth Local Councils

N.Y. PREMIERE

Hotel Everest
Claudia Sobral
USA | 2017 | 39 min

Q&A with filmmaker Claudia Sobral

Filmed over a tumultuous two-year period, the film follows the efforts and relationship between two unlikely peace activists: Eden Fuchs, a retired Israeli army colonel, and Ibrahim Issa, a Palestinian born in a refugee camp, are joined by the Idahoan founders of the Centre for Emerging Futures, Whit and Paula Jones at the Hotel Everest. Located in Beit Jala, this Palestinian owned business nestled between Bethlehem and Jerusalem provides a haven where both Israelis and Palestinians are equally welcome and free to meet together.

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Trailer: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x64txiw

Preceded by:

Objector
Molly Stuart
USA | 2017 | 16 min

As a 19-year-old Israeli, Atalya is obligated to enlist in the armed forces. But she has witnessed military rule in the occupied Palestinian territories – a reality that most other young Israelis never experience – and one that leads her to become a conscientious objector. The film offers a window into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the perspective of a Jewish woman making an uncommon sacrifice.

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Trailer: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6782nv

And:

WORLD PREMIERE

Youth Local Councils: A Palestinian Movement for Civic Engagement
Keenan Newman & Ben Henretig & Adam Warmington
USA | 2017 | 6 min 25 s

Meet Lana Abu-Hijleh, a development expert and civil engineer who experienced first-hand the tragedies of conflict, and who founded a model of youth civic engagement that is spreading from the West Bank across the globe. The Youth Local Councils engage over 25,000 Palestinian youth in the West Bank, giving them a voice and stake in their communities. Through elected bodies, these youth are proposing, planning and executing community projects, and practicing leadership and good governance to transform their society, in an environment that bets against them.

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Check out the Festival Trailer here.