00:06I discovered that it doesn't matter where you come from there is basic human
00:14values that you can relate on wherever you go and if you use these values in
00:21your movie even though the situation are different than anywhere else still people
00:30can relate themselves to our story because the values are the same one of
00:38the important values that we all care about is harm of others that you know you
00:46don't do to others what you don't want them to do to yourself and for example
00:53all honesty people are very like whatever you want
01:00like they love honesty they don't like lying
01:06most of people most of cultures
01:12and all these things if you and for example love also
01:16wherever you go you have this attraction
01:21between man and woman or between two lovers
01:28fighting injustice wherever you go
01:30there will be injustice that will be done to you or to others
01:34you want especially movies that you will stand and resist
01:44the shoot was supposed to be in Janine in the West Bank because we can't shoot in
01:50Gaza
01:53to bring the kids from Janine
01:57bring the kids from Gaza to Janine was very difficult
02:01at the end just two days before start shooting
02:06there is really a threat to allow the kids to go outside of Gaza
02:10and we were very happy because
02:14now we know that we can make the movie with the kids from Gaza
02:19it was bad on the other hand because we did not have the chance to do any kind of rehearsal
02:26with
02:26the kids before start shooting and it was actually you can see on the first days of shooting
02:32their performance were less
02:36let's say were less
02:38were not like less good
02:41than the end of the shoot
02:44the last days of the shoot they become very professional
02:48I would love to shoot the movie in Gaza
02:51but we can't in this situation
02:53it's impossible to shoot in Gaza in this situation
02:56the story happens in Gaza
02:58now you can't make a movie okay you shoot outside of Gaza
03:01but at least you have to get to get actors from Gaza
03:04at least the kids
03:06you know
03:07older actors we can't because
03:10it will be more difficult but then I insist to get at least the kids from Gaza
03:15from these kids that they are different than other kids I know from the whole world
03:22and I think their experience of being in two different two big walls
03:26that they face death everywhere for a long time
03:33they lost their fear
03:35and I could and by the way when you lose your fear
03:40you live better
03:41like you could see they become more adult than other kids
03:46they can have a conversation with you as an adult
03:51and I was amazed by their wisdom
03:54I was amazed by their
03:57by their braveness
04:00they were very brave
04:02like to do what normal kids couldn't dare to do
04:06and again I think because when you lose your fear
04:09you live better
04:11you can you can enjoy life even better
04:14because you
04:15I think the psychology of that is that
04:19and most of people
04:22are afraid to lose their life
04:24but when you know you can lose your life any second
04:28you enjoy the moment better
04:30you can like really think any moment I'm getting more from this life is just a win
04:38working in Palestine is not easy for me
04:42I am almost every at the end of every movie
04:46I swear that I'm not going to direct the movie anymore
04:51very tough
04:53because it's surprising everywhere
04:56tension everywhere
04:59unprofessionality everywhere
05:01people don't understand that this is a serious business
05:05they think because
05:08entertainment they think our job is also entertainment
05:11and they don't understand our job is
05:13even more serious than a military operation
05:17and it's not easy to work in these kind of environments
05:21and then you become very exhausted
05:24in the United States in Europe
05:26it's easier to be a director
05:28and you can act really in the lives
05:30and tell what you want
05:32and they will do it
05:33but here you have to run
05:35and you have to carry
05:38and you have to sleep on the ground
05:40and you have to eat
05:43on the car in the cold
05:45and in the winter
05:47when we had this dinner
05:50on the beach
05:51like you had lunch
05:54when it was like very windy and cold outside
05:57it's not
05:58it's not luxury
06:00let's say
06:01it's very
06:02you don't enjoy the food
06:04because you are very
06:04you know
06:06cold and tired
06:07and then you have to continue working also
06:09it's not easy
06:11most of the decision makers in this movie are palestinians
06:15you know the head of
06:17production is behind
06:19the head of the cinematography
06:22tahir is the head of the execution
06:26production is execution
06:28some technicals
06:29technical jobs like
06:31keygrave
06:32like gaffer
06:33like focus puller
06:35like first ed
06:37being done by foreigners
06:40americans french
06:45like the biggest fear to any director i think
06:48the fear of failing
06:49to any human beings
06:53that they might fail
06:55they might not succeed
06:58to reach what they want
06:59in this project
07:00and i have to be honest
07:01i've lost my
07:02fear for failing
07:05i don't mind to fail
07:07but what i want is adventure
07:10and when you are adventurous
07:13you might fail
07:14because i am
07:16it's very difficult what i'm doing in this movie
07:19which is making a very sentimental story
07:22you know it's a very
07:25kind of sweet story
07:28combined with very harsh situation
07:31i i don't know if you can manage
07:33it's not easy to connect these two
07:35unconnected elements
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