Five broken cameras
Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi • Palestine • 2011 • 90’
VO/OV AR,HE sub Fr/Nl
Emad lives with his family in the small West Bank village of Bil'in. In 2004, to mark the birth of his fourth son, his friends give him his first-ever camera and he starts to film. He films everything: from the first days of resistance against the Jewish settlers to the intensification of the struggle punished by arrests and killings, from peaceful demonstrations against the construction of a wall to actions of support from militants the world over and even from Israel. Despite the destruction of his camera and the fear of reprisals, Emad carries on filming, resulting in seven years of intense testimony... and five broken cameras!
Directing Award, One World Film Festival (Czech-Republic), 2012
World Documentary Directing Award, Sundance (USA), 2012
Best Feature Documentary at Jerusalem Film Festival (Israël), 2011
Preceded by the closure of the documentaries competition 2012 and announcement of the winners.