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About the Film
Two girls living in refugee camps in Beirut and Bethlehem share the feelings and hopes of a new generation of young Palestinians.
Mona and Manar are two Palestinian girls growing up in refugee camps in Beirut and Bethlehem. Despite the overwhelming barriers that separate them, the girls form a close friendship through letters and a dramatic meeting at the Lebanese order. Shot during the liberation of southern Lebanon from Israeli occupation and the beginning of the Palestinian intifada, Frontiers of Dreams and Fears articulates the feelings, hopes, and growing activism of a generation of young Palestinians living in exile.
About Director
Mai Masri is a Palestinian filmmaker who studied film at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University (USA). She directed and produced several films that were screened worldwide and won over 90 international awards. She founded Nour Productions in 1995 with her late husband, filmmaker Jean Chamoun. Her first feature film, 3000 Nights (2015) had its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival and won over 28 awards. It was Jordan’s entry at the 2017 Oscar Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film.
Mai received international acclaim with her documentaries that were broadcast on more than 100 television stations worldwide, including BBC, Channel 4, France 2, NHK and PBS. Filmography includes: Under the Rubble (1983), Wildflowers (1986), War Generation – Beirut (1989), Children of Fire (1990), Suspended Dreams (1992), Hanan Ashrawi: Woman of Her Time (1995), Children of Shatila (1998), Frontiers of Dreams and Fears (2001), Beirut Diaries (2006), 33 Days (2007), and Beirut: Eye of the Storm (2021).
Producer/Director Mai Masri
Associate Producer: Jean Chamoun
Camera: Fouad Suleiman, Hussein Nassar, Jimmy Michel
Editing: Michèle Tyan
Music: Anouar Brahem
Produced in association with the Independent Television Service ITVS
Country and year of Production: Palestine/USA - 56 minutes, 2001
Frontiers of Dreams and Fears won 14 international awards including:
* La Colombaia di Luchino Visconti Award for Human Rights, Ischia, Italy,03
* Youth of Geneva Award, Nord-Sud Film Festival, Switzerland, 2003
* Special Mention International Jury, Nord-Sud Film Festival, Switzerland, 03
* Best Documentary, Biennale des Cinémas Arabes, Paris, France 2002
* Award of Excellence, Global Environmental Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan 02
* Earth Vision Award, Tokyo, Japan 2001
* First Prize, International Women’s Film Festival in Torino, Italy 2002
* Golden Sun Award, Int. Environmental Film Festival, Barcelona Spain 02
* First Prize, Ismailia International film Festival, Egypt 2001
* Special Jury Award at Beirut International Film Festival 2001
* Best Arab film, Egyptian Film Critics Association 2001
* Best Documentary, Egyptian Documentary Filmmakers Association 2001
* Special Mention, Carthage International Film Festival, 2002