We have collected documentary films about and from the inflamed conflict in the Middle East. The films each provide insight into the situation affecting the world today, and you can watch them here and now with VG+.
Thursday 2 May at 16:46Watch the films in the video windows below, or on VGTV.
The Oslo agreement behind the doors
In 1992 Israelis and Palestinians start strictly secret and illegal talks in Oslo. This is how the peace negotiations took place behind closed doors. Israeli/Canadian documentary from 2018.
Gaza 101: Emergency Rescue
The ambulance workers have a cruel job during the war in Gaza. Every day they have to deal with dead and injured children. Then something happens that shocks them even more. Palestinian documentary from 2024.
#Nova
NB! Strong impressions, age limit 18: Trance-dancing ravers at the Supernova festival were brutally attacked by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. Their footage shows the attack from the inside. Israeli documentary from 2023.
Israelism
American Simone and Eitan are raised to love Israel. But when they see for themselves the oppression of Palestinians, they receive a shock that challenges everything they have learned. American documentary from 2023.
The ambulance
NB! Strong impressions: When the war flares up in Gaza in 2014, Mohamed Jabaly suddenly finds himself surrounded by blood, bombs and dead bodies. He picks up his camera and starts filming the whole thing from inside an ambulance. This is his story. Norwegian/Palestinian documentary from 2016.
Tomorrow’s Freedom
Marwan Barghouti is considered the favorite to be elected as Palestine’s next president, but the man who has been compared to Nelson Mandela is serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison. British documentary from 2022.
Five Broken Cameras
The Palestinian farmer Emad gets his first camera in 2005 when his son Gibreel is born. He films both family and the protests against Israel’s extended occupation and settlement. Palestinian/Israeli/French documentary from 2011.
Mixed Feelings
Amir Orian ditched fame to create a theater institution in his home. When Israel steps up the bombing in Gaza, a rift arises between the master and the students. Israeli/Norwegian documentary from 2016.
H2: The Occupation Lab
In Hebron, 250,000 Palestinians live under Israeli control. In one street live 800 Jewish settlers, guarded by soldiers. It is called the occupation laboratory. Israeli/Canadian documentary from 2022.
Children
Through the personal stories of five Palestinian children, we join the occupied territories, caught between violence, soldiers and humiliation. Israeli documentary from 2020.
Closed Circuit
NB! Strong impressions: Two young men open fire in a cafe in Tel Aviv. No one comes out of it unscathed. An intense film about the minutes of terror, the time afterwards for the victims, and the complex relationship between Israelis and Palestinians. Israeli documentary from 2022.
Tags: Israel Palestine Gaza documentary film