Haifa's answer - Coexistence in Israel

Different communities living together in the same town in a country of conflicts, strive to find a form of coexistence that would respect the identity of each of them, allowing dialogue and peaceful coexistence.
Haifa is a unique example of a form of coexistence that finds its utmost and highest symbolic expression in the Holiday of Holidays, a unique and extraordinary festival in which the most significant holidays of the three main religions of the local population -- Judaism, Islam and Christianity -- are celebrated at the same time.
The festival is a true example of conflict resolution and prevention, because it is focused on art and traditions that are particularly representative of the Arab and Jewish population. Is coexistence possible then?
The film explores all this and many other issues taking the viewer by hand in an exciting and involving journey, delineating a critical but also optimistic picture of a situation that although still complex, unresolved, incomplete and full of contrasts is perceived by the local population as hopeful.
More than 50 interviews in four languages, many hours of footage filmed during a long scientific field work, giving voice to artists, intellectuals, religious leaders, politicians, activists, and the people of Haifa, are at the basis of this film, that launches a message for the populations in conflict and for those in peace.
The film has been sponsored by: University Niccolò Cusano of Rome (Italy), University Roma
Tre of Rome (Italy), Municipality of Haifa (Israel), University John Cabot of Rome (Italy); Beit
Hagefen, Arab-Jewish Cultural Center, Haifa (Israel); EPOS Intl. Mediating and Negotiating
Operational Agency - www.eposweb.org
Filmed in Haifa, Israel. Independent Production by Emanuela C. Del Re and Roberto Cipriani
Authors: Emanuela C. Del Re and Roberto Cipriani
Director: Emanuela C. Del Re
Executive producers: Emanuela C. Del Re and Roberto Cipriani
Photographer: Franz Gustincich
Camera operator: Ruben Lagatolla
Video Editing: Gianmarco Bonavolontà
Video Editing Assistant: Mario Pesce
Digital Imaging specialist: Roberto Giannessi, Emronvideo, Civitavecchia (Italy)
Multiscreen editing: Toni Occhiello with Tonia Moreo @ VL Studio, Cerignola (Italy)
Research Consultant: prof. Maria Mansi
Research Group Assistant: dr. Marco Pasini
Arabic language consultant and translator: dr. Luana Crisarà
Arabic language consultant: dr. Ma'Moun Barguti
Hebrew language consultant and translator: dr. Paola Abbina
Pictures of the Second Intifada by: Angelo Turetta/Contrasto
The director and author, Emanuela C. Del Re is a known Italian scholar, currently professor of Political Sociology at the University Niccolò Cusano of Rome (Italy). A specialist in geopolitics and conflicts, she has carried out researches on field in conflict areas in the world since 1990 -- from South Africa to the Balkans, to the Caucasus and Maghreb -- focusing on aspects that range from pilgrimages to security issues, social transformation and conflict resolution. She has founded and chairs EPOS Intl. Mediating and Negotiating Operational Agency. She acts as consultant for many organizations and writes on leading scientific journals. She has published several books and essays on the themes of her researches. Filming scientific documentaries is for her a great passion and engagement, that she shares with Roberto Cipriani, co-author of Haifa's Answer. Amongst her films: Sangam: a river of Humanity at the Kumbh Mela, 1995; The Mountains the Qiri and the
Virgin Mary. Rebirth of a religious festival in Albania, 1993.
The co-author, Roberto Cipriani, is a known Italian scholar, professor of Sociology and Chairman of the Department of Sciences of Education at the University RomaTre (Italy). A
specialist in Sociology of Religion, he has published books and essays which have become classics. He has been President of the International Sociological Association Research Committee, and has covered many other prestigious positions. He has carried out field work in many countries studying the social context and transformation especially under the religious aspect. Visual Sociology is very relevant in his studies. He has filmed several documentaries with the same passion and interest that inspires Emanuela C. Del Re, co-author of Haifa's Answer.
Amongst his films: Rosso Continuo, 1990; Las fiestas de San Luis Rey, 1998.

[@haroos]

just 3 weeks ago we saw parts of haifa burning after local arabs set the fires.
so much for coexistence with arabs.

[@GD-me2lv]

Who said they were locals?

[@haroos]

Gary Drake fine, but they were arabs .