Emad Burnat /  Guy Davidi
Palestine

Emad Burnat is a Palestinian cameraman who decides to film the struggle against the wall in his village. Throughout the years he documents the strikes on his personal life due to the punishment actions of the Israeli army side to side to documenting his younger son growing. Daily arrests, night invasions scare his wife and kids, 3 of his brothers and are arrested and sent to prison, his second friend is shot dead, finally he is arrested too and even has a deadly car accident that he barley survives due to the construction of the wall. One Camera after another, each has its story. His story is a story of resistance. The project voted as the best project and was awarded a 15,000$ development grant by Claire Aguilar, Vice President of Programming of ITVS (USA) awarded.

"5 Broken Cameras" is supported by:

• Selected for the Summer School of the Jan Vrijman Fund August 2010.  The filmmakers have been selected to participate in the Editing Consultancy training. 
  
• Jan Vrijman Fund (IDFA) | Production Grant
• New Israeli Foundation for Cinema & Television | Production Grant
• Grant from the Asian Cinema Fund in the Asian Network of Documentary Fund Category. Burnat travels to Korea to take part in a seminar.