Avi Mograbi’s family has lived between the three countries of Lebanon, Palestine and Israel for generations and witnessed the strife since the founding of the State of Israel: immigration to Israel, espionage charges, the two Lebanon Wars in 1982 and 2006, as well as the construction of the Israeli barrier. How to carry forward when you are rooted on both sides of the wall? Avi Mograbi researches the Arab side of his family, seeking a new approach to life in the Middle East and dreaming the forbidden dream. A discussion revolving around interpretations – and not facts.

2012, documentary feature, 99′, written and directed by Avi Mograbi, produced by Serge Lalou and Françoise Bureaux for Les Films d’ici (France), Samir and Joël Jent for Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion (Switzerland), co-produced by Urs Augstburger for SRF Swiss Radio and Television, cinematography by Philippe Bellaïche, original score composed by Noam Enbar, edited by Avi Mograbi and Rainer Maria Trinkler, sound mixed by Florian Eidenbenz

Awards (a selection)
Special Jury Award for the Int. Competition, doclisboa Festival Int. de Cinema Documental 2013 / Premio Mario Dall’Argine dal Cineclub Verona, San Gio Video Festival 2013 / Special Jury Prize, It’s All True Int. Documentary Film Festival Sao Paulo 2013

Festivals (a selection)
Festival Int. del Film di Roma 2012 / Visions du Réel Nyon 2013 / San Gio Video Festival Verona 2013 / FID Festival Int. du documentaire Marseille 2013 / Festival Int. du Film de La Rochelle 2013 / Cinéma Int. Festival Paris 2013 / Edinburgh Int. Film Festival 2013 / It’s All True Int. Documentary Film Festival Sao Paulo 2013 / 13th Yamagata Int. Documentary Film Festival 2013 / 11th doclisboa Festival int. de cinema documental 2013 / 16e RIDM Rencontres int. du documentaire Montréal 2013 / 8th Pravo Ljudski Film Festival Sarajevo 2013 / 25e Lussadoc Etats généraux du film documentaire Lussas 2013 / 30th DOK.fest int. Dokumentarfilmfestival München 2015