In The Land of Pomegranates

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  • 2017

  • Germany / Israel / United States

  • 125 mins

  • English, Hebrew, Arabic

  • Documentary Film Competition

Hava Kohav Beller
Hava Kohav Beller
Graphic Violence‎

A multi-layered documentary centered on a group of young people who were born into a violent and insidious ongoing war — young Palestinians and Israelis invited to Germany to join a retreat called ‘Vacation From War.’ In highly charged encounters they confront the entrenched myths and grievances that each side has for the other. Woven into this intense footage are the stories of other embattled lives in the Occupied Territories and Israel: a mother and four children living in the shadow of Gaza’s border wall; an imprisoned Palestinian and the subsequent path he’s taken; a traumatized Israeli survivor of a suicide bombing; and a daring Palestinian mother whose son’s life is saved by an Israeli doctor.

About the Director

Hava Kohav Beller was born in Germany, raised in Israel and currently lives in NYC. She studied at Julliard and the New School. Her first film, The Restless Conscience was nominated for the Academy Award® as Best Documentary Feature. It had its World premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and was televised nationally on PBS, and broadcast internationally. Her second film, The Burning Wall, opened at the Film Forum in NY, and at the Berlin Int. Film Festival and was broadcast by the BBC.

Reviews

MOVIE OF THE WEEK, March 16, 2018: IN THE LAND OF POMEGRANATES – Jennifer Merin, Alliance of Women Film Journalilsts
Film Review: ‘In the Land of Pomegranates’ – Joe Leydon, Variety
In the Land of Pomegranates’ probes the hope and despair of young Israelis and Palestinians – Sheri Linden, LA Times
In The Land Of Pomegranates’: Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue, Passionate But Fruitless – Mark Jenkins, NPR
Review: ‘In the Land of Pomegranates’ Asks if Mideast Peace Is Possible – Ken Jaworowski, The New York Times
In the Land of Pomegranates – Godfrey Cheshire, RogerEbert.com

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