Hot House
Screens: Friday March 30th at 7:00 PM
DIRECTOR: Shimon Dotan bio
Producer: Arik Bernstein, Jonathan Aroch, Dikla Barkai & Shimon Dotan
Screenwriter: Shimon Dotan
Cinematographer: Shai Goldman & Hanna Abu-Sana
World Sales: Alma Films
Genre: Documentary
Length: 90 min.
Country of Production: Israel
Year of Production: 2006
Languages: Arabic, Hebrew & English with English Subtitles
Synopsis
Eight thousand Palestinians are imprisoned in Israeli jails today. They are called "Security Prisoners." For most Israelis, they are assassins & criminals. For most Palestinians, they are heroes & freedom fighters.
Hot House is a documentary-feature that explores the emergence of Palestinian national leadership in Israeli prisons in light of the elections to the Palestinian Parliament. The film provides a unique opportunity to observe events of historic proportions at their nascent. It exposes the cycle of violence, the evolution of a conflict characterized by vast asymmetry in balance of power & the ethics of war.
Awards & Nominations
Nominated, Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema-Documentary, Sundance, 2007
Festivals
Rotterdam, 2007
Sundance, 2007