Around the World

Since 1999 I am You are has made a considerable impact both in Israel and abroad and has been invited to numerous festivals, events and seminars and won several prizes.

Festivals

The films have been screened in film festivals all over the world, including:

• The Portland Film Festival 2001
• The Boston Jewish Film Festival 2003
• The UK Jewish Film Festival 2004
• The Copenhagen Jewish Film Festival 2004
• The Maine Jewish Film Festival 2004
• Sarajevo Film Festival 2005
• Tribeca International Film Festival 2006
• Rome International Film Festival 2006 - Cinema for Peace
• The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, 2007

Conferences and events

The project serves as a model for educating toward coexistence and has been presented at academic conferences and events.

• The 56th conference on World Affairs at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2004.
• A conference delegated by the European Film Academy at Lago di Como, as a guest of the Adenauer Foundation in 2004.
• The Diversity, Identity and Empathy event of the Van Leer Foundation 2005.
• The Mediterraneo Film Festival 2006 in Sardinia.

Prizes and awards

• The Marthe Prize for Tolerance and Democratic Values in Jerusalem in October 2006.
• The Roberto Rossellni award at Amalfi Festival 2006.

I am You are - workshop model

There is a universal need for learning to live together that transcends the city of Jerusalem. This project model for bringing youth together to learn about each other through film and identity can be applied in other cities and in the summer of 2007 the I am You are workshop will take place in Poland.

During the eight years the project has been operating, more than 150 Israeli and Palestinian youth have made 40 short films that make up a fascinating album on life in this difficult and complex place and tell the story around the world.