Works in progress
PAZ RADICAL Espacios de Transformación (Trailer)
Long feature documentary
Director: Jonas Benarroch
Weeks after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, as the Israeli military began to destroy Gaza, the cries to dehumanize the Other left no room to express sympathy for the victims on either side.
A group of young Palestinian and Israeli friends and activists felt isolated and afraid. The imposed silence suffocated them. The prevailing fanaticism and the spirit of revenge sweeping the country tore them apart.
They decided to spend some time somewhere in Andalusia so they could process their pain together, far from that land ravaged by hatred. This group of friends is part of a larger binational group that aspires to create the conditions for a truly shared society—a radical peace.
These interviews capture part of the healing process they are undergoing.
Semanas después del ataque de Hamás del 7 de octubre de 2023, mientras el ejército de Israel empezaba a destruir Gaza, los gritos de deshumanización del Otro no dejaban lugar para expresar sufrimiento por las victimas de ambos lados.
Un grupo de jóvenes amigos y activistas palestinos e israelíes se sentían solos y tenían miedo. El silencio impuesto les asfixiaba. El fanatismo imperante y el sentimiento de venganza que atravesaba el país les desgarraba.
Decidieron pasar una temporada en algún lugar de Andalucía para poder asimilar juntos su dolor lejos de esa tierra asolada por el odio. Este grupo de amigos forma parte de un grupo binacional más numeroso que aspira a crear las condiciones para conseguir una verdadera sociedad compartida,una paz radical.
Estas entrevistas recogen parte del proceso de recuperación que están atravesando.
NOTES FOR CORESISTANCE (TEASER)
Long feature documentary in process.
Director: Jonas Benarroch
CORESISTANCE will focus on the lives of a few Palestinian and Israeli activists engaged in binational non-violent resistance movements and their actions to overcome the political, ideological and psychological barriers that impede peace processes. These binational groups push to transform the deep narratives of confrontation of their communities into narratives aimed at reconciliation. The culture of fear and hatred of the other makes it impossible to imagine Palestinians and Israelis coexisting on the same land. Those who fight for reconciliation and coexistence are treated as traitors in their own communities. Being an activist for peace in Israel and Palestine requires courage and enormous commitment. This documentary will dive into the Us or Them issue through Palestinians and Israelis who, from many civil society organisations, wage a joint non-violent resistance to the status quo and the Israeli occupation.
(Note: this teaser was shot a few months before the massacre of 7 October 2023 and the Israel-Gaza war).”
VULL SOMRIURE FINS A L´ULTIM DIA DE LA MEVA VIDA | QUIERO SONREIR HASTA EL ULTIMO DE MI VIDA (TEASER)
Long feature documentary in process.
Cast: Mariona Casanovas
Director: Jonas Benarroch
“They tell you that you will live for a short time, that you have something that has no cure, that you are going to die, we don’t know when, it depends on evolution… And you see that it evolves until one day comes and they tell you: “Hey, we are already on the threshold” … and then you begin to distance yourself from your physical body. I realize that we are not educated to live with death. I feel deeply inside that it doesn’t matter, that it will just hurt a few people, but that’s it. There is no more tragedy, nothing is going on.”
Mariona has a disease that has no cure so far. Existing treatments can only provide temporary remissions of two to three years but have also painful side effects. What life deserves to be lived and at what price? How to deal with incurable disease and death?
“Te dicen que durarás poco, que tienes algo que no tiene curación, que te vas a morir, no sabemos cuando, depende de la evolución… Y ves que va evolucionando hasta que llega un día y te dicen: “Eh, ya estamos en las puertas” … y empiezas a distanciarte de tu cuerpo físico. Me estoy dando cuenta de que no estamos educados para convivir con la muerte. Siento profundamente que no tiene ninguna importancia, que sencillamente dolerá a unas cuantas personas, pero ya está. No hay más tragedia, no pasa nada.”
Mariona tiene una enfermedad que hasta el momento no tiene curación. Los tratamientos existentes solo pueden aportar remisiones temporales de dos o tres años pero tienen además dolorosos efectos secundarios. ¿Qué vida merece ser vivida y a qué precio? ¿Cómo afrontar una enfermedad incurable y la muerte?