Partner with the Enemy
Synopsis
In the midst of the ever-fraught Israeli-Palestinian political landscape, two women, one Israeli and one Palestinian, attempt the seemingly impossible: to build a business together. Fighting against societal and family pressure in a male-dominated industry, the two combine forces to create a logistics company which helps Palestinian businessmen.
Credits
Director(s)
Duki Dror, Chen Shelach
Producer(s)
Duki Dror, Anat Vogman
Script
Galia Engelmayer-Dror
Cinematography
Hana Abu Saada, Philippe Bellaiche, Danor Glazer, Yoram Milo
Editor
Duki Dror, Chen Shelach
Cast
Anat Shelach, Rola Srouji
Original Language
Hebrew
Subtitles
English, Hebrew, French
Produced with the help of
Channel 2 Israel, The New Foundation for Cinema and TV, Other Israel (Manhattan JCC)
Broadcaster
Channel 2 Israel
Sound designer
Ronen Nagel
Festival Highlights
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Winner
Golden Panda Award for Best DocumentarySichuan TV Film Festival2015
San Diego Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2016
Washington Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2016
EDOC, Ecuador, 2016
Annapolis International Film Festival, USA, 2016
UK Jewish Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2015
Seoul International Women's Film Festival, South Korea, 2015
Gold Coast International Film Festival, USA, 2015
Santa Barbara International Film Festival, USA, 2015
Documentary Edge, New Zealand, 2015
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2015
Sichuan TV Film Festival, China, 2015
Boston Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2015
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival, Canada, 2015
Other Israel Film Festival, USA, 2015
Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2014
Reviews
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"Partner with the Enemy is the type of incredible story that documentary is made for, and certainly in Israel where audiences are eager for new perspective on the Israeli‐Palestinian conflict, for an angle that has yet to be explored. Even so, the choice of two women, of two mothers, as the heroines of the film is an unexpected and innovative one.
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- From an article by Dr. Yael Munk, Cinema critic and Faculty member Department of Literature, Language and the Arts, Tel Aviv University
