Product Details

• Directors: Ronit Avni & Julia Bacha
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English, Hebrew, Arabic
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Typecast Releasing
• DVD Release Date: July 31, 2007
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000R4SKEW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,316 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Encounter Point" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Review

It isn't often that you see a film about Israelis and Palestinians that can be called hopeful, but Ronit Avni's assured, thoughtful and clear-eyed documentary certainly qualifies. --New York Times

A riveting documentary...blazes with a kind of spiritual grace. --Village Voice

It may not break any new aesthetic ground, but Encounter Point might just be the most optimistic film about this conflict you'll ever see. --New York Magazine

Product Description

Winner!
- Rencontres Film Festival

Winner!
- San Francisco International Film Festival

Just when the world is losing hope for the possibility of resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict comes Encounter Point. Created by a Palestinian, Israeli, North and South American team, Encounter Point moves beyond sensational and dogmatic imagery to tell the story of an Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother and a wounded Palestinian bereaved brother who risk their safety and public standing to press for an end to the conflict. They are at the vanguard of a movement to push Palestinian and Israeli societies to a tipping point, forging a new consensus for nonviolence and peace. Perhaps years from now, their actions will be recognized as a catalyst for constructive change in the region. Encounter Point is a film about hope, true courage and implicitly about the silence of journalists and politicians who pay little attention to vital grassroots peace efforts.

Encounter Point's Israeli/Palestinian/North American/ Brazilian production team of young women includes: director & producer Ronit Avni (formerly of WITNESS), co-director Julia Bacha (co-writer/editor of the award-winning documentary Control Room), producers Nahanni Rous and Joline Makhlouf, the first Palestinian female pilot. Encounter Point was edited in Jerusalem and Park Slope, Brooklyn, and features original music by Kareem Roustom, who combines classical Arabic melodies and instruments with traditional Jewish Klezmer to form a harmonious fusion that mirrors the subject matter.

Encounter Point's World Premiere was at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. The Canadian premiere was at Hot Docs, and the West Coast premiere was at the San Francisco International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. Encounter Point has subsequently won the 2006 Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Rencontres Film Festival in Montreal, the Best Musical Score Award at the Bend Film Festival and the 2006 Spirit of Freedom Award at the Bahamas Film Festival. It has screened in Dubai, Jerusalem, Jenin and more than 35 other cities worldwide.

DVD EXTRAS:

More Than 1 Hour of Additional Features on the Road

Audience Reactions to Encounter Point From Jerusalem to Dubai to New York and More!

Additional and Extended Scenes Filmmaker Audio Commentary

Film Subject Audio Commentary 4 Minute Trailer

Theatrical Trailer

Audio: Arabic, Hebrew, English

Subtitles: English, Arabic, Hebrew, French and Portuguese

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Encounter Point, September 24, 2007

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Wilfredo Benitez (California, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Encounter Point (DVD)

I highly recommend this excellent documentary portraying the lives
of Palestinians and Israelis willing to say no to violence, and
hear each others pain in the quest for peace. Most of the media
attention in the U.S. is focused on terrorist violence; this film
presents the viewer with the story of families on both sides
of the violence, who have lost family members to the violence,
and yet are reaching out to each other. These families represent the
seeds of hope and peace for Palestinians and Israelis. The film was done
with sensitivity and balance, and lots of painful but hopeful honesty.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing and courageous peace initiative, August 1, 2007

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Alice (Jerusalem, Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encounter Point (DVD)

The Parents-Circle, which is the group this documentary is about is a group of bereaved Israeli AND Palestinian families who each lost a loved one in our ongoing conflict by the 'fault' of the other side. Yet these families succeed to get together, overcoming almost natural feelings of hate or rejection and try to build together a new reality in the Middle East, a new reality which would stop such contious sufferings... You'll see, this experience is absolutely amazing!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a ray of hope, September 17, 2007

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hopeful unicorn - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encounter Point (DVD)

Anyone who feels there is no way for parties in the Middle East to find a road to peace will be heartened by this film born out of tragedy. But this is a bigger and more important story than what is transpiring in the Middle East. This is a film about grief and and transformation, about choosing the path of peace instead of retribution. Kudos to the Producers for bringing this story to the public. There is hope out there, and the lessons of this film about personal transformation are important lessons for us all.