The film is set in the near future, and it looks back at the story of two businessmen - one Palestinian and one Israeli - who struggle to set up a solar energy company.
Under the Same Sun
A Film by: Sameh Zoabi
(Israel, 2012, 84 Minutes, Color, Hebrew, Arabic and English, English subtitles, Cast: Yossi Marshak, Ali Suliman, Lucy Aharish, Bassem Loulou, Noa Barkai)
The film is set in the near future, and it looks back at the story of two businessmen - one Palestinian and one Israeli - who struggle to set up a solar energy company. Both come from societies where there is strong opposition to cooperating with the other, and the film tells how they overcome hostility from within their own families and from the people around them. In the end, they mount a Facebook campaign that impacts their joint venture and ultimately changes the political map.
FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
• Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival 2014
• Woodstock Film Festival - Honorable Mention Audience Award 2013
• International Mediterranean Film Festival Montpelier 2013
• Other Israel Film Festival 2013
• Cinequest Film Festival, San Jose 2014
• Baltimore JFF 2014
• Berlin JFF 2014
• Austin JFF 2014
• New Jersey JFF 2014
• JCC Rockland 2014
• Northern VA JFF 2014
• Northern NJ JFF 2014
• Michiana JFF 2014 - Audience Award for Best of Festival
• Berkshire Int'l Film Festival 2014 - Winner of Audience Award
• SERET - London Israeli Film Festival 2014
• Rochester JFF 2014
• Axelrod Performing Arts Center 2014
• Rhode Island Int'l FF 2014 - Winner of "Helping Hand" International
• Humanitarian Award
• AICE Australia 2014
• Dallas JFF 2014
• IFFPIE 2014 - Award for Excellence
• York PA JFF 2014
• Stamford CT JFF 2014
• Silicon Valley JFF 2014
• Salt Lake City JFF 2014
• University of Notre Dame 2014
• IMAJ, Brussels 2014
• UK JFF 2014
• Geneva JFF 2014
• Vienna JFF 2014
• Palm Beach Israeli Series 2014
• Nashville JFF 2014
• Vancouver JFF 2014
• Palm Beach Israeli Film Series 2014
• Fort Lauderdale Int'l FF 2014
• Levis JCC 2014
• Embassy of Israel in Zagreb 2014
• Baton Rouge JFF 2015
• Denver JFF 2015
• Jewish Cinema Mississippi 2015
• Glen Rock Jewish Center 2015
• JCC of Allentown 2015
• Sarasota JFF 2015
• Honolulu Museum of Art 2015
• Tampa Bay 2015
• Montreal Sephardi JFF 2015
• Israeli Embassy Copenhagen 2015
• Nancy JFF 2015
• Florida State University Festival JFF 2016
• Madison Israeli FF 2016
• Chapel Hill University 2016
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