Between Fences

Directed by Avi Mograbi

Avi Mograbi and Chen Alon meet African asylum seekers in a detention facility in the middle of the Negev desert where they are confined by the state of Israel. Together, they question the status of the refugees in Israel using ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’ techniques.

What leads men and women to leave everything behind and go towards the unknown? Why does Israel, land of the refugees, refuse to take into consideration the situation of the exiled, thrown onto the roads by war, genocide and persecution? Can the Israelis working with the asylum seekers put themselves in the refugee’s shoes? Can their collective unconscious be conjured up?

Duration:
84 minutes

Translated title:
Bein gderot

Languages:
Arabic, Hebrew and Tigrinya

Subtitles:
Full English

Country of origin:
France and Israel

Year of production:
2016