Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

HUMAN RIGHTS DOX

Love During Wartime

Sweden
2010 — 92' / Color

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Synopsis

The recently married couple Jasmin and Assi are forced to live separated. She lives in Berlin, he in Ramallah. They want desperately to make a life together but it proves to be an impossible task. When an Israeli marries Palestinian they are beyond security offered to other members of society at every turn they are faced with a Catch 22 situation. Israeli bureaucracy filled with suspicion and a menacing Palestinian society makes their life a nightmare.

Director Biography

Gabriella Bier graduated from the Dramatic Institute in Stockholm. She is currently directing a documentary in Israel/Palestine and developing a doc about Denmark. She also teaches documentary classes at the Dramatic Institute.

Director

Gabriella Bier

Producer

Jenny Örnborn

Tobias Janson

Cinematographer

Jenny Örnborn

Editor

Dominika Daubenbüchel

Thomas Lagerman

Sound

Nicolai Linck

Contact

Sara Rüster
Swedish Film Institute
Stockholm 10252
+46.8.6651141
[email protected]