Amsterdam FACES

Vanavond was ik in ,,Tuschinski ,,waar het Amsterdamse

documentaire film festival IDFA dit jaar is neergestreken,

in zaal 1 was de Wereld Premiere van de film FACES

waarin straatfotograaf JR gevolgd wordt tijdens zijn

Face 2 Face project ,na afloop was er een uitzinnig

applaus voor de makers van de film G MAX en JR .

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In March 2007 French photographer, street artist JR and

his friend Marco embarked on the biggest illegal photo

exhibition ever. Enormous portraits were pasted on both

sides of the Wall of Separation, as well as in eight Palestinian

and Israeli cities. The portraits were shot by JR and depicted

laughing Israeli and Palestinians who hold the same job on

different sides of the Wall of Separation. By pasting them side

to side, 'Face 2 Face', on the notorious Wall of Separation,

JR urged both Israelis and Palestinians to fight the stereotypes

of 'the other' through the faces. The documentary Faces tells

the fascinating story behind the Face 2 Face project. From the

first photo shoots to the eventual pasting in such hotbeds like

Bethlehem, Tel Aviv, Hebron and Ramallah: the camera was

there, capturing JR's work, the pasting, but also the

emotional reactions of the people of Israel and Palestine.

The pasting of the portraits is but one aspect of the movie.

The enormous posters of smiling Israeli and Palestinians

form the starting-point of a trip and a reflection led by

normal everyday people from the region, as well as by those

who think and shape reality in this part of the world.

http://www.face2faceproject.com/