Miri LAUFER, Erez LAUFER
Can the means used to resolve the conflict in South Africa be applied to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict? As someone who experienced both conflicts firsthand, Robi Damelin wonders about this. Born in South Africa during the apartheid era, she later lost her son, who was serving with the Israeli Army reserve in the Occupied Territories. At first Robi tried to contact her son¡¯s killer, who is now serving time in an Israeli prison. She wanted to launch a dialogue with him and his parents, but the Palestinian refused. After all, he explained, her son was part of the forces of Occupation army that was denying his people their sovereignty. Undeterred, Robi decided to return to South-Africa to see how the country where she was born had embarked on a quest to achieve forgiveness and reconciliation after decades of apartheid. This film is a poignant moving journey through South Africa, Israel and Palestine, three lands that have been scorched and burned for generations. Yet only South Africa is now tending to its embers; Israel and Palestine are still ablaze. As we follow Robi on her journey, we can¡¯t help but wonder whether reconciliation will ever really be achieved? Robi¡¯s thought-provoking journey leads from a place of deep personal pain to a belief that a better future is possible.
Miri LAUFER
Director and editor Miri Laufer is the editor of numerous documentary films and TV series, working together with some of the well known directors and documentary filmmaker in Israel as Uri Rosenwaks, Ibtisam Maraana. In the last 10 years she collaborated with her brother, Erez Laufer, as an editor. For the last 5 years she conducted a thorough research for this project, which is also her debut as director. One Day after Peace (2012)
Erez LAUFER
Erez Laufer is the co-Editor of 2 Oscar nominees: Chris Hegedus and DA Pennebaker, The War Room for Best Documentary (1993) and Laura Poitras, My Country My Country(2006). His own film Mike Brant – Laisse Moi T¡¯aimer won the 2002 Israeli Academy Award for Best Documentary 2002, and had its international premiere at the Directors Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival 2003. One Day after Peace (2012) Rafting to Bombay (2009) The Darien Dilemma (2006) Cry of the Owl (2005) IDF- The Musical (2004) Mike Brant – Laisse Moi T¡¯aimer (2002)
PRODUCTION COMPANY Erez Laufer Films
Address Cinephil 18 Levontin St. Tel-Aviv 65112 Israel
Tel 972 3 566 4129
E-mail info@cinephil.co.il