Valeria Mery

Several years after a TV-related controversy, three former friends meet to make a film that explores the borders between fact and fiction.

A recurring dream surrounding my childhood home. An image of the sea appears as it is painted. A child films and clears away everything that blocks their view. What fragments of my childhood do I recognize among the dreams of other children?

The pomegranate, both fruit and explosive (grenade), becomes a double symbol of life and threat in Palestine. From this counterpoint, the short recovers footage from the territory to explore how violence penetrates everyday life, especially for children.

no wish without the ocean

A recurring dream surrounding my childhood home. An image of the sea appears as it is painted. A child films and clears away everything that blocks their view. What fragments of my childhood do I recognize among the dreams of other children?

The pomegranate, both fruit and explosive (grenade), becomes a double symbol of life and threat in Palestine. From this counterpoint, the short recovers footage from the territory to explore how violence penetrates everyday life, especially for children.

no wish without the ocean

no wish without the ocean