Origin: Palestine | Documentary | Director: Ehab Tarabieh | short minutes

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Smile, And The World Will Smile Back

By Ehab Tarabieh, Yoav Gross, Family al-Haddad documentary Palestine 2014 Short

Best short film award at the Milano Film Festival (2014), premiered in 2014 at the Berlinale Shorts competition and in Hot Docs in Toronto.

One cold December night, soldiers knock on the door of the Haddad family in Hebron. They have come to search the house. Teenage son Diaa films the search. The father takes over the camera when Diaa is ordered by the soldiers to face the wall outside. The soldiers do not want to leave until Diaa stops smiling.

(Text: Gate 48)

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD9H48AES7g

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