Four years ago Iham and Jihad lost their third child on the operating table. Now their 9 month old son Jamal’s life is threatened by congenital heart disease, for which no affordable treatment is available. With the aid of the charity The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF), a British surgeon’s arrival in Palestine offers hope for the future. But first the Samara family must travel from their home in the West Bank and through Israeli checkpoints to Makassed hospital in Jerusalem, before the real journey can even begin. Click to view Open Heart
Film Festivals and Dates April, 2007 Chicago Palestine Film Festival Al Jazeera International Film Festival, Qatar Current TV UK and Europe DUTV Philadelphia, USA May, 2007 DUTV Philadelphia, USA Current TV UK and Europe June, 2007 DUTV Philadelphia, USA War & Peace- Touring Exhibition in UK Stroud Visual Arts Festival, Stroud August, 2007 The Big Screen Gathering, Somerset TOFFI International Film Festival Poland Rooftop Films, NYC, USA September, 2007 Watershed Media Arts Centre and Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol October, 2007 Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival, UK April, 2008 London Palestine Film Festival