>> *** October 2009 *** The Heart of Jenin was nominated at The European Film Awards 2009.    *** February 2009 *** Berlin Cinema for Peace Award (best documentary).         *** December 2008 *** Dubai Int. Filmfestival (2008) (Peoples choice Award).         *** October 2008 *** 53th Valladolid International Film Festival (2008) (Best documentary). 51th Int. Filmfestival Leipzig (DEFA-Award Honarable Mention).        *** September 2008 *** 33th Toronto Int. Filmfestival 2008.         fast forward
Cinema Jenin
Built in the early 60's, Cinema Jenin was considered to be one of the largest and most impressive cinemas in Palestine. Hundreds of people attended it daily to watch films from the Arab world. Later on, it started presenting action films and American B movies until it was closed with the break of the first Intifada in 1987. Since then, the cinema was only used occasionally to hold weddings and other events.

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The Heart of Jenin
BRD 2008, 97 Min., 35mm

The Heart of Jenin is the story of Ahmed Khatib, a Palestinian boy from the Refugee Camp of Jenin, who was shot by the Israeli Army.

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Despite his grief, his father Ismael decides to donate his son's organs to six Israeli children and save their lives.
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Little Wargames
BRD 2007, 52 Min., digibeta

Trapped in the Black Sea

This is an unknown chapter of the „Operation Barbarossa“, Hitlers invasion of Russia. In winter 1942 the German “Blitzkrieg was over. Hitlers troops were stucked in the mud of the Russian winter. Their supply-lines were cut. Support could come only from the Black Sea, which was completely under the rule of the Soviet fleet. One of the most secret WWII operations was put in action.
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