In my experience as a filmmaker, the subject of childhood is never detached from history and circumstance. The children in my films have always been the living expressions of a kind of revolt. (...)

Amos Gitai refuses to demonise the Palestinians or do a PR job for Israelis. His films, both fictional and documentary, are about ambiguity, complexity and compromise on a domestic level. And he still believes that co-existence must be made to happen

Like the pied piper of Hamelin, Nicolas Sarkozy initially enchanted eminent figures on all sides with his verve and brio. The media were equally spellbound and joined in the mass hysteria. France (...)