Bus Station / Lily Sheffy

Two religious women, Ruba and Miriam, have each finished their shopping at the market. They sit at the same bus stop and wait. A random encounter between the two, who, at a glance, could not be more similar, becomes an impossible dialogue taking place in a city as complex as Jerusalem.

You Don’t Live Here Anymore / Nizar Abu Zayyad

This movie is based on the true story of Ahmad Darwish, an East Jerusalem resident studying in America who lost his permanent residency following the Interior Ministry’s claim that he resided abroad for over six years. The Interior Ministry official confiscated Ahmad’s residency card on the spot and he became a stateless person. With no travel documents and no ID, Ahmad can neither remain in Israel in violation of the law nor return to America.

Home / Marwah Jbara Tibi

This is a true story of an unusual meeting between Ilanit Satika and Ahmad Dabash. Both victims of the housing regulations in Jerusalem. Ahmad met Ilanit, a single mother, on the day she was evicted from her home together with her four children, by the collection officers after she failed to meet her mortgage payments. Ahmad, who happened to pass by, invited Ilanit to stay in his home in Sur Baher. Over this house, as well, looms the threat of demolition, as Ahmad was forced to build his home without a building permit, in order to provide a roof over his family's head.    The movie presents the bridge that developed between two second-class citizens, through a personal encounter  that crossed barriers, removed fences and changed stereotypes.

Archaeology of Ownership / Noga Almi Hantke

The movie examines the way that ownership of archeological history in Jerusalem acquires validity in the present through ownership of the land. The movie presents the way in which holding on to the past in Jerusalem affects the future of  the city and its residents. .   In order to present this ownership the movie will examine three main  focal points of activity: the Rockefeller Museum, the Israeli Antiquities Authority, and the National Park, the City of David, which is funded and managed by the Elad Association.

Light and Fire / Saeed Khairaldeen 

What is the path of a Jerusalemite student going from his home in East Jerusalem to the University campus in Abu Dis? Ever since the construction of the separation barrier and the addition of checkpoints in the Jerusalem area, a short ten minute walk to the university has become a long and wearisome journey of over  an hour. The movie accompanies one student and shows how the wall and the checkpoints have become an inseparable part of his  daily life.

Children’s Story / Daniel Gal

The movie depicts the journey of three young Palestinian brothers who go alone everyday from their home in the outskirts of Jerusalem to the Jewish neighborhoods of the city, in order to support their family by selling chewing gum at busy intersections. The children take the place of the adults in their family, who find it difficult to make a living following the construction of the separation wall.

The Largest Mammals in Jerusalem / Nitsan Shorf Domidiano

A nature movie that examines the lives of the largest mammals in Jerusalem: the bulldozers. The movie will supply information important to nature and bulldozer lovers, and will answer such questions as: On what do bulldozers feed? How do they hunt their prey? What are their habitats, migration patterns, courting habits, etc., The movie will integrate unique unpublished archival material filmed by bulldozer researchers.

Two Houses and a Longing / Dorit Naaman

This is the tale of two houses in Jerusalem. The first was owned by Khalil Sakakini who was forced to leave his house in the neighborhood of Katamon in April 1948. Khalil passed away in Egypt, but his daughter, Hala, returned to Katamon after 1967 and found that the house  now serves as a WIZO kindergarten. The second house, which serves today as the Museum on the Seam, belonged to the Baramki family who fled  at the height of the battles for East Jerusalem. After 1967 Andoni Baramki, the father, asked to return to his home, but the Israeli authorities refused his requests. From then until the end of his life Baramki visited his home every day.

Boulders / Eran Sahar

In the context of borders, the movie presents the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo, where the director was born and raised. The four points of the compass represent various borders – physical, but mainly mental – that help define the concept of identity. The past is not represented at all. The movie reveals the director's memories  on the background of the locations as they appear today.  In this way, the concept of memory turns the look back into something inaccessible and unrepresentable.

The Third Temple / Yoram Ron

The process of building and locating a model of the Third Temple in Jerusalem raises questions  regarding  the  ethos of construction and demolition; and examines the attitude toward the representation of "holiness" in the Israeli-Jewish culture as reflected in  the complex reality of Jerusalem/ Al Quds.