The Invisible Men
Yariv Mozer
Because they had to flee their homes, they are hiding in Israel: The Invisible Men tells the life stories of three gay Palestinians. Louie, 32, has been living in Tel Aviv for eight years. Abdu, 24, was outed in Ramallah, subsequently accused of espionage and tortured. Faris, 23, fled from the West Bank as his family wanted to kill him. But they are not safe in Tel Aviv either because they are staying illegally. Their only way out is to seek asylum in third countries, far away from Israel and Palestine. However, that means they would have to leave their homeland for good. In his documentary Yariv Mozer accompanies the three protagonists on their quest for recognition and captures the complex process of their decision making: They must try to understand their past, accept their present and at the same time fear their future.
*Part of the LICHTER Audience Prize 2013*
_Hesse premiere._
_"The film is a step above the average Israeli documentary, chronicling life in the nuanced cultural underbelly of the Jewish state, where the public sphere is brilliantly shattered by various incongruent lifestyles."_
_blogs.timesofisrael.com_
_Festivals a.o.:_
_-San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival:_
_documentary award_
_-International Queer Film Festval Hamburg_
_-!f Istanbul International Independent Films Festival_
20 March 2013
22:15 h,
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Direction | Yariv Mozer |
Country | 11 |
Year | IS/NL 2012 |
Duration | 69 min |
Language | Arab./Engl./Hebr. OmU |
Camera | Shahar Reznik |
Script | Yariv Mozer, Adam Rosner |
Editing | Yasmine Novak |
Hessenpremiere