Promises
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Carlos Bolado
B.z. Goldberg
Carlos Bolado
Carlos Bolado
Ilan Buchbinder
Janet Cole
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Several Jewish and Palestinian children are followed for three years and put in touch with each other, in this alternative look at the Jewish-Palestinian conflict. The three filmmakers followed a group of seven local children between 1995 and 1998. They all have a totally different background. These seven children tell their own story about growing up in Jerusalem. Through this portrait of their generation, we see how deep rooted and almost insoluble the problems of the Middle East have become. While the children only live 20 minutes away from each other, they live in completely different worlds and know hardly anything about each other. Their picture of the world is formed by the adults around them and the circumstances in which they live. As a result, the older they get, the bigger the physical, historical and emotional gap between them grows. When the protagonists speak out in an epilogue a couple of years later, it becomes apparent that all have lost their childlike innocence.
Cast
B.z. Goldberg
Crew
Carlos Bolado
Carlos Bolado
Ilan Buchbinder
Janet Cole
Janet Cole
B.z. Goldberg
B.z. Goldberg
B.z. Goldberg
Lucy Kaplan
Lucy Kaplan
Yoram Millo
Stephen Most
Stephen Most
Justine Shapiro
Justine Shapiro
Justine Shapiro
Rogelio Villanueva
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Documentary Feature
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Air Canada Award for Best Film at the 2001 Vancouver International Film Festival.
Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature as well as the Best Bay Area Documentary Award at the 2001 San Francisco International Film Festival.
Winner of the Canal Plus Audience Award for Best Film at the 2001 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Winner of the Ecumenical Jury Special Prize at the 2001 Locarno International Film Festival.
Winner of the Golden Starfish award for Best Documentary Feature at the 2001 Hamptons International Film Festival.
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States August 2001
Released in United States February 2001
Released in United States June 2001
Released in United States March 22, 2002
Released in United States November 2001
Released in United States October 2001
Released in United States on Video November 16, 2004
Released in United States Spring March 15, 2002
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (market) February 7-18, 2001.
Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival October 17-21, 2001.
Shown at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York City (Walter Reade) June 15-28, 2001.
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition) August 2-12, 2001.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Main Programme Features) January 24 - February 24, 2001.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 19 - May 3, 2001.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 27 - October 12, 2001.
Broadcast in USA over PBS on "POV" series December 13, 2001.
Began shooting 1997.
Completed shooting Summer 2000.
aspect ratio 1.66
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Main Programme Features) January 24 - February 24, 2001.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 19 - May 3, 2001.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 27 - October 12, 2001.)
Released in United States February 2001 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (market) February 7-18, 2001.)
Released in United States Spring March 15, 2002
Released in United States March 22, 2002 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States June 2001 (Shown at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York City (Walter Reade) June 15-28, 2001.)
Released in United States October 2001 (Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival October 17-21, 2001.)
Released in United States August 2001 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition) August 2-12, 2001.)
Released in United States November 2001 (Shown at AFI Fest 2001: The American Film Institute Los Angeles International Film Festival (Documentary Competition) November 1-11, 2001.)
Released in United States on Video November 16, 2004
