Image by: Shark DeMayo
THE INNER TOUR (2001, 97 min) was filmed a few months before the outbreak of the 2000-2001 Middle East violent clashes. Viewing the film retrospectively, one can discern the deep roots of the violent events that erupted even before the film's final editing. This documentary road-movie uses a simple situation, a 3-day bus tour, to present an emotional exploration of one of the most complicated and painful national conflicts of our time. A group of Palestinians, residents of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, who go on a 3-day sightseeing bus tour through the state of Israel. As the trip unfolds the windows of the metaphoric bus are transformed into a two-way mirror. Looking in one side we see a new portrait of Israel through its "other" eyes, and on the other a rare peek into Palestinian society, a moment before the outburst of the second Intifada.
Selected Festival Screenings and Awards: Sundance Film Festival 2002; New Directors New Films 2002 (MoMA/ Lincoln Center); Berlin International Film Festival 2001 (Forum of young Cinema); Doc Aviv Documentary Film Festival 2001 - Special Jury Prize; Vancouver International Film Festival (Best Film) ; Broadcasted by: The BBC Storyville(UK); ARTE (GERMANY / FRANCE); Israel Channel 2 (commercial);The VPRO (NL); CBC (Canada); SBS (Australia)
Film Team
Directed by Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Produced by Liran Atzmor; Ra’ed Andoni; Neomi Schori’ Dahud Kuttab
Cinematography: Shark De Mayo
Editors: Ron Goldman.
Original Score: George Sam’an; Ehud Banai
Sound design: Jane Stewart