Familiar Phantoms is an experimental documentary short film about memory, history and trauma.

Desde hace años, y sobre todo en los últimos meses, la Franja de Gaza se ha reducido a una imagen de violencia, caos y destrucción. El documental, en cambio, mira la vida más allá de esto: la cotidianidad, la intimidad de las familias y los paisajes más allá de los titulares. Con una fotografía impresionante, este largometraje de observación muestra un pueblo afectado por el conflicto, pero no definido por él. Mediante las personas que seguimos, escuchamos historias personales y obtenemos una comprensión matizada de cómo es la vida de los ciudadanos de Gaza. Gaza es un retrato tierno y humano de una humanidad ferozmente asediada.

The story is set in the midst of war-torn Gaza during the Second Intifada in 2003, where two 12-year-old boys, one Palestinian and the other Israeli, along with an ex-surfing champion, form an unlikely friendship over their mutual love for the water. The lessons they learn from one another go beyond the waves, helping influence their decision-making and show their community that peace can exist.

Over-Sized Coat" is a 120 minutes-length masterpiece which talks about the Palestinian reality for the period of (1987-2011).

There are children, too, among the Palestinian insurgents. For some time now, the Israeli side has observed minors who take an active part in an Intifada, especially with knives. They are harshly dealt with: prison, hardly any judiciary support. Ada Ushpiz, filmmaker and journalist, comes surprisingly close to some of the Palestinian families concerned. She has accompanied the dubious insurgents over several years and witnessed terrible pressure.

Guy Hircefeld, a veteran who served in the Israeli military at the start of its occupation of Palestine in the 1980s, now fights against the Israeli occupation. His only weapon is a camera.