Obor Kalandia

A video-diary, born out of the desperate need to film. A chronicle of daily life during the first year of the al-Aqsa-Intifada, after the attacks on September 11, under the perpetual Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. Filmmaker Sobhi al-Zobaidi lives in Ramallah with his wife and baby daughter. Kalandia is the checkpoint the family has to cross, whenever they want to get to Jerusalem. The film shows the humiliation Palestinians suffer there every single day. It depicts the economic oppression of this people and the horrors of destruction and brutality. Al-Zobaidi shows how many Israelis and Palestinians treat each other with perfect respect and generosity. And he gives an impression of the ability of people to live their lives, even in a permanent state of siege. (DOK.fest München)