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.

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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