Dotan Nave

Dotan Nave's first film explores the unique experience of growing up in the children’s house in the kibbutz. A film about an initiated social encounter between the film's creator and the members of the group with whom he grew up in kibbutz Lehavot Haviva. The initial aim of this encounter was to try and understand why none of them want to go back and live in the kibbutz today. The movie presents visual images of kibbutz life today, archival material taken from childhood and interviews with members of the group and their parents. All of these turn this one time encounter into a journey following the personal childhood story of the movie's creator. It was screened on Yes Docu, in cinematheques, and at international festivals.

Through never-before- revealed dramatic testimonies of Israeli ex-soldiers and Palestinian ex-detainees and previously unpublished videos and stills, the film tells the story of the Israel's controversial al-Ansar POW camp in Lebanon. Although Israel and Lebanon are still enemies, we were able to reveal the 40 years old secret.

Dotan Nave's first film explores the unique experience of growing up in the children’s house in the kibbutz. A film about an initiated social encounter between the film's creator and the members of the group with whom he grew up in kibbutz Lehavot Haviva. The initial aim of this encounter was to try and understand why none of them want to go back and live in the kibbutz today. The movie presents visual images of kibbutz life today, archival material taken from childhood and interviews with members of the group and their parents. All of these turn this one time encounter into a journey following the personal childhood story of the movie's creator. It was screened on Yes Docu, in cinematheques, and at international festivals.

Through never-before- revealed dramatic testimonies of Israeli ex-soldiers and Palestinian ex-detainees and previously unpublished videos and stills, the film tells the story of the Israel's controversial al-Ansar POW camp in Lebanon. Although Israel and Lebanon are still enemies, we were able to reveal the 40 years old secret.