The 4th edition of, ‘Jagran Film Festival,
Mumbai 2013,’ will begin with the film Water and will be screened on September
24 at Fun Republic, Andheri, Mumbai. Water is a 120 minute feature film born
out of a unique Israeli-Palestinian cinematic cooperation. Produced by the Film
and Television department of the Tel Aviv University in association with Tu Vas
Voir, the project Water is made in HD, color. Yael Perlov has initiated this
project and is also the Artistic Director of Water. Its original version is in
Arabic, Hebrew, and English.
The film, a unique piece of art has been
screened at various international film festivals, Venice International Film
Festival, Jerusalem Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, Mostra
International de Cine de Saõ Paulo, Brazil, Stockholm International Film
Festival, Swedenand many others. This is the Asian Premiere of the film.
Taking complete artistic freedom, in 2012, a
small group of Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers directed a feature film that
explored a strong unifying subject - WATER. Besides being a highly poetic and
pastoral subject, water is also a very political and violent subject with
respect to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Water is about two conflicting
populations, which couldn't overcome the prejudice and political intimidation
but ultimately finds a platform for a unique collaboration, in the form of this
feature film. This is one of the reasons why Water is so special.
Cinema always has the ability to penetrate
forbidden zones and Water exemplifies that. It has made all of us realize that
we all yearn for a solution to this long-going on conflict. Seven Directors
have interpreted this subject in their own creative way, which together has
given shape to Water.
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