Competition - Grand ReportageFilms in VOD

Blue Box

By Michal Weits

In Israel, everybody knows about the "blue boxes" that were used in the 1950s to raise funds for the purchase of land in Palestine. Joseph Weits, the filmmaker's great-grandfather, is well-known for having planted millions of trees, less for orchestrating the expropriation of Palestinian land. His diaries reveal an uncomfortable truth.

  • Section Compétition - Grand Reportage & Films en VOD
  • Original language(s) English
  • Subtitle(s) French & English

HistoryJusticeMiddle East


Director(s)
Michal Weits

Producers

  • Assaf Amir
  • Ina Fichman
  • Eric Goossens
  • Uri Smoly
  • Frederik Nicolaï

World sales

  • Cinephil

Cinematographer

  • Avner Shahaf
  • Daniel Kedem
  • Daniel Miller

Music

  • Benoît Charest

Sound

  • Neal Gibbs

Editor

  • Doron Djerassi
  • Erez Laufer
Duration
82'
Year
2021
Production country
Israel, Canada & Belgium
Status
Swiss Premiere
Friday 4 March

20:45

Grütli - Salle Langlois

Sunday 6 March

17:30

Espace Pitoëff - Théâtre

Followed by the debate Israel-Palestine: How to name the crimes ?

Watch the film online

Accessible on demand from 12 to 20 March 2022
(subject to availability)