CRESCENDO #MAKEMUSICNOTWAR

In the context of peace negotiations between diplomats from Israel and Palestine in South Tyrol, a concert of a youth orchestra of young Palestinians and Israelis shall take place under massive security precautions. The young people do not want to give up the peace efforts, which have already worked in their microcosm.

By making music together they are finding, by and by, common ground – a first path to bridging hatred, intolerance and terror.

Does music have the strength, to build bridges between the young people of different religions and hated nationalities despite the many challenges and obstacles?

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Director

DROR ZAHAVI was born in 1959 in Tel Aviv. In 1982 he moved to the GDR and studied at the Film and Television Academy “Konrad Wolf” (now Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF). His graduation film ALEXANDER PENN – I WANT TO BE IN EVERYTHING was nominated for the Student Oscar® in 1988. After graduation, he worked as a film critic in Israel and returned to Berlin in 1991. In addition to numerous television movies, his theatrical features include the award-winning EVERYTHING FOR MY FATHER (2008) and CRESCENDO #MAKEMUSICNOTWAR (2019).

photos © CCC Filmkunst/Oliver Oppitz Photography