Origin: Israel | Documentary | Director: Lisa Gossels | 89 minutes

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My So-Called Enemy

by: Lisa Gossels 89 Minutes, 2010

In July 2002, 22 Palestinian, Israeli and Palestinian Israeli teenage girls traveled to the United States to participate in a women's leadership program called Building Bridges for Peace. "My So-Called Enemy" is the story of 6 of the girls and how the transformative experience of knowing their "enemies" as human beings meets with the realities of their lives at home in the Middle East over the next 7 years. Through the coming-of-age narratives of Building Bridges participants Adi, Gal, Hanin, Inas, Rawan and Rezan, we see how creating relationships across personal, political and physical borders is a first step towards resolving conflict. By watching "My So-Called Enemy" communities will see the complexities of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict though a human lens--and the possibility and hope that come from listening to each other's stories. The girls are the experts in "My So-Called Enemy"--and their voices need to be heard, especially because they are young women.

Awards/Honors 2010 Hamptons International Film Festival: Winner, Jury Prize for Best Conflict & Resolution Film; 2010 Starz Denver Film Festival: Winner, Special Jury Prize in Filmmaking; 2010 Boston Jewish Film Festival: Audience Award, Best Feature Documentary Film; 2011 Cleveland International Film Festival: Lisa Gossels honored as "Someone to Watch;" 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival: Winner, Jury Prize, Best Feature Documentary Film and Winner, MacGillivray Freeman Films Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking (feature); 2011 CINE Golden Eagle Competition Winner: CINE Golden Eagle Award, Documentary Feature.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kKOLI4t2XE

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