* Film in process, made in collaboration with May Abadi Grebler and Animas-film Berlin.
Hidden spheres will be A 40 minutes stop-motion animation film. It will visualize a documentary research which describes imaginary realities. Following the outcome of the Israeli legislative elections on 17th of March 2015, I set out for a journey from Tel-Aviv to Gaza, to illustrate the two most challenging places to human existence in the region – Gaza (Palestine) and the Gaza envelope area (Israel). The film will unravel the fictional or non-fictional realities of the people I met and also the reality I grew up in. It will be told through my voice and the voices of HF, a Palestinian social worker from Gaza City and Yifat, an Israeli nurse who lives in Kibbutz Erez (1.4 km from Gaza). It will be visualized through my perception and the experiences I encountered throughout this journey.
Visual research for the film - props and graphic development. Scaled models - scale 1:10
”In the afternoon I sit with my children in the living room. I connect the TV to YouTube and we watch Tom and Jerry, we LOVE IT” a quote from HF, a citizen of Gaza city, Gaza.
I grew up in Tel-Aviv, an hour and a half away from Gaza, but I was never there. As a kid I could only imagine how the people on the other side look like. The separation between Israelis and Palestinians in the region became increasingly worse over the years, making it more difficult for a diplomatic solution between Israelis and Palestinians ever to occur.
Due to the siege on Gaza, the Israeli occupation and the government of the Hammas, in current times as an Israeli citizen I cannot enter. The only way I can see Gaza is through images and through the conversations I have with inhabitants of Gaza which either go out to Israel or through the virtual world. The film does not aim to show a solution, rather examine whether the inner and imaginary worlds of the film's protagonists can bring out the essence of humanity, its fragility and bridge the dissonance that exists among the residents of the two areas. Through this, the protagonists and the viewer can maybe find affinity and resemblance to the persons who live on the other side of the fence.
* We are currently looking for further partners to continue develop this film - email us.
* The initial research and trailer was made thanks to the stimulerings funds creative industries.
“Our heaven is right here, can you hear the silence?” a quote from Ahi Sitbon, resident of Dekel village ( 5 KM from Gaza).
Images from the making of the trailer:
