Proche Orient : que peut le cinéma ? | The Middle East : what can cinema do ?

Screening date:01-12-2013 -- 14:00

Apples of the Golan

Before the Six Day War of 1967, the village of Majdal Shams was one of 139 in the region. All but five were destroyed. Over 130,000 Syrian Arabs were forced from their homes never to return.

Apples of the Golan is a portrait of a village and its people trying to live ordinary lives. Israel is their home, Syria their homeland. Neither is paradise. The film's narrative is made up of a multitude of characters that together convey the complex nature of their existence.

Country: Ireland/Austria
Production: John Wallace/Twopair Films
Year: 2012
Director: Keith Walsh & Jill Beardsworth
Editing: Keith Walsh & Jill Beardsworth
Cinematography: Keith Walsh & Jill Beardsworth
Sound: Keith Walsh & Jill Beardsworth
DV – 80'

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biography

Keith Walsh studied Film and Television in Galway and works freelance as a cameraman, editor and director. Keith has been making documentaries with Jill Beardsworth for TV and the silver screen since 2005. Together they founded Twopair Films in 2009.
Jill Beardsworth studied Film and Broadcasting in Dublin and works as a freelance editor and director.

Filmography
Jill Beardsworth & Keith Walsh
2009 - Circus Man (short)
2006 - Children of Allah