Palestine in Foreign Cinema

In the world cinema the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was reflected in a wide variety of stories and subjected to diametrically opposite assessments. The confrontation in the Middle East was presented and reflected upon in different genres: either in audience friendly mainstream ("Munich" by Steven Spielberg) or social minded author film (“Hanna K.” of Costa Gavras) as well as experimental oevre, expanding the possibilities of the film language and its impact (“Here and there” by J.-L.Godard). While the Palestinian cinematographers made movies supporting the resistance, foreign films were rather neutral, representing the outsider’s point of view with regard to the facts and details of the war conflict. However, there are some different positions regarding their treatment of this topic: a complete negative attitude towards Palestinians, based on stereotypes advantageous for one of the parties (i.e. Israeli’s official propaganda), or rather neutral and restrained position (“Munich” by S.Spielberg).