A Film by Noam Shalev
(Israel, 2003, 48 Minutes, Color, English)

For seven years they have witnessed every major event from both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict;  filming terrorist attacks, military occupation, aftermaths of suicide bombings, peace initiatives and human suffering…

Their views and opinions are shaped and formed by personal, direct encounters with the events, undiluted by the editorial bias that dictates the daily TV news seen all over the world.

Alon Bernstein, an Israeli TV news journalist, lives in Jerusalem. He works for the AP news agency. Jimmy Michael, a Palestinian TV news journalist, lives in neighboring Bethlehem, only several miles away from Jerusalem, but worlds apart. Their friendship in 1996 marks a hopeful time in the history of both peoples. As the times goes on, the circumstances change. They can't work together any longer, and they both understand that peace may be a dream never to be achieved.

Alon and Jimmy expose their life experience behind the camera. Their pictures are broadcasted daily to millions of homes, and during years of shooting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict they learned to differentiate between the actual event they have filmed and its pictures seen all over the world.

Shooting Conflicts gives a unique perspective of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, by the people who cover it day after day. Their unique relationship is reflective of this conflict….

A third part of the PRIMETIME WAR trilogy, Shooting Conflicts sums it up: it brings a perspective of seven years of hope and sorrow, dreams and death, and daily coverage of the events that dictate the life, well-being and future of millions of people who suffer the consequences of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

 First Prize – Humanitarian Award – Tiburon Film Festival 2004


TV SCREENINGS

 Arte, Germany & France
 Discovery Times, US 
 Canal+ Scandinavia 
 Odisea, Spain