RUTHIE SHATZ and ADI BARASH, young fimmakers from Israel, are the co-winners of the 2002 Grant for their project “Garden”. The jury underlined the importance of revealing a reality denied by Israeli society, the respect and humanity demonstrated in the treatment, the relationship of confidence which the filmmakers have built with the characters and the subtlety of the cinematographic approach

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This documentary tells the story of male teenagers working as prostitutes in a place called “ The Electricity Garden ” located in downtown Tel Aviv. The film follows the troubled lives of four teenagers from Palestinian, Israeli Arab and Jewish-Uzbek background. They have been rejected by Israeli society and are struggling to find a better future.