DAAD stipend recipient Dalia Hager

On Nov. 7, the Israeli stipend recipient of the DAAD's Berlin Artists Program, Dalia Hager, will present her film CLOSE TO HOME (Karov la bayit, Israel 2005), which she made together with Vidu Bilu. It is the first feature film dealing with the experiences of women in the Israeli army. Smadar and Mirit, both 18 years old, are assigned to patrol the streets of Jerusalem together as part of their military service. They are assigned to detain any Palestinian passers-by and check their papers. However, the two young girls are immersed in the details of their own lives – their romantic crushes and the multifaceted relationship evolving between the two of them. Then one day, Jerusalem's political reality is forced upon them.