Private Project

FACE TO FACE 2022

Young Israelis and Palestinians meet, most of them for the first time, in March 2021, to participate in the seminar "Friendship Across Borders."  This, a year and a half before the Hamas massacre of Israeli civilians and Israel's subsequent bombing of Gaza that killed civilians.  Along with young Germans, they spend 10 days together trying to get to know each other, embarking on the difficult process of rapprochement.  Their challenge:  how to hold and listen to each other after profound political conflicts and traumatic experiences.  The film chronicles seminar activities, including group performances representing national identity, and open, touching conversations among the participants and the filmmaker, reaching for rapprochement and trying to identify bridges that can carry them over the abysses between and among them. 

  • Gerburg Rohde-Dahl
    Director
  • Gerburg Rohde-Dahl
    Writer
  • Gerburg Rohde-Dahl
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    FACE TO FACE 2022
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    60 hours
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Rohde-Dahl Filmproduktion
    Distributor
    Country: Germany
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Gerburg Rohde-Dahl

Bio- Filmography
Filmmaker, Author, Filmproducer
"1956-1960 Highschool of Arts Berlin (advertisement and graphic arts) / 1960 Scholarship of Government of France in Paris for etching / advertising artist, etching and animationfilm in Hamburg / 1974-1979 University Bremen German literature and history / since 1974 Filmproducer

2024 FACE TO FACE 2022 61’57 min. documentary
2019 THE CASE JOHANNA LANGEFELD 87 min documentary
Co-production with Arkadia Film Warszawa,
TV rbb/MDR/3sat about the SS-guard of the KZ
Ravensbrück and Auschwitz, 1946 released from prison
by her former prisoners
2020 WE THEM AND I 64 min
documentary about the exchange of Bedouin, Jewish
and German students
2018 NOW AND THEN A BIRD FLEW BY 47 min
documentary essay about the last time with my dying sister
2009 EXPANSIVE GROUNDS 66 min.
Documentary about the Memorial to the Murdered
Jews in Europe in Berlin
2009 ONCE THERE WAS A ZEBRA, 30 min.
documentary about how to teach children to read
FOERMIG Berlin
2008 LET ME SEE THROUGH YOUR EYES, 50 min.,
2001 DYING AND LIVING - The short life of Ursula
Rosenbaum 78 min., documentary TV/NDR
1995 CONSEQUENT INCONSEQUENT – The painter Franz
Radziwill 58 min., documentary TV/Bremen/NDR/WDR,
author and director with Konstanze Radziwill
1986 NO CLEANING IN INNOCENCE, 30 min., documentary,
TV/ZDF
1974 CHILDREN AND THEIR SEXUALITY, 45 min, documentary,
TV/Radio Bremen
1972 MY CHILD BELONGS TO ME, 45 min., documentary,
TV/Radio Bremen
1974-97 RAPPELKISTE, BETTKANTENGESCHICHTEN, ACHTERBAHN TV/ZDF over 30 feature films for children, 20-30 min. author, director, production
1972-78 SENDUNG MIT DER MAUS TV/Radio Bremen/WDR Childrens’ Program about 100 feature films 1 - 4 min., author and director with Christa Auch-Schwelk

1982 1. AWARD WORKING GROUP "Children-Books and
Media" e.V.
1984 1. AWARD International Filmfestival for Children and
Juvenils Gijon
1984 HONORING VALIDATION Adolf Grimme-Award
1985 AWARD FOR PEACE Villa Ichon Bremen
2009 SPIRIT AWARD chashama Filmfestival New York
2009 AWARD FOR BEST REPORTAGE 28th Festival FIFA
Montreal
2009 AWARD SCREENPLAY Philadelphia Documentary &
Fiction
2019 BEST FOREIGN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY RIFFA
(Canada)
2019 BEST FOREIGN DOCUMENTARY AegeanDocs
International Film Festival (Greece)
2019 GOLDEN TEETH OF CAMERA Polish Filmfestival Chicago

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Director Statement

The film invites to compassionate listening regarding the encounter between Israelis and Palestinians who see each other as 'enemies'.