2nd Bristol Palestine Film Festival

The second BPFF got off to a strong start at the Watershed Media Centre, with a large sold-out house showing Leila Sansour's '5 Broken Cameras'. (read the review here)The film, not only a joint Palestinian/israeli production but jointly funded by the protagonists too, was followed by a Q&A session with the director and guest Ken Loach. This tale focuses on the two-way pull artists who are political activists must deal with on some level, sooner or later, but never more viscerally than when the artist is behind a movie camera on the field of battle.
UPDATE: The '5 Broken Cameras' co-director, Imad Burnat,  on his way to Hollywood where his film was up for the 'Best Documentary' award, was detained with his family at LA airport and had to call  Michael Moore to help establish his credibility. Unfortunately, after the trauma, he didn't get the Oscar.http://journomania.net/culture/38-art-and-culture/806-imad-burnat-the-palestinian-director-of-the-5-broken-cameras-on-the-red-carpet.html