The Gatekeepers ( Spotlight) Avraham Shalom, Ami Ayalon, Yaakov Peri, Yuval Diskin, Avi Dichter, Carmi Gillon. Photo by Avner Shahaf IritHarel. Synopsis Charged with overseeing Israel’s war on terror-both Palestinian and Jewish- the head of the Shin Bet, Israel’s secret service is present at the crossroad of every decision made. For the first time ever six former heads of the agency agreed to share their insights and reflect publicly on their actions and decisions. The Gatekeepers offers an exclusive account of the sum of their success and failures. It validates the reasons that each man individually and the six as a group came to reconsider their hard-line positions and advocate a conciliatory approach toward their enemies based on a two-state solution. About The Director Dror Moreh began his career as a director of photography and became one of Israel’s leading cinematographers. He shot a number of feature films, including: • Urban Feel (Berlin official competition, 1998), • Desperado Square (Winner of the Best Film Award at the Montpelier Film Festival). • and many more … Moreh has also worked as a D.O.P for many award-winning documentaries in Israel, including One Shot, Asesino, and Underdog: A War Movie. Moreh began working as fulltime director several years ago. In addition to The Gatekeepers, his projects include: • The Rose: A 6-part documentary series about the murder of a young girl. • To Be Mayumana: A documentary film portraying an Israeli dance group heading to New York for their world premiere. • Under Cover: A 4-part docudrama about undercover police officers. • Sharon: A feature-length documentary about the reasons why Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, considered the “Father of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Territories,” agreed to implement the Gaza Disengagement Plan. The film was selected for the official Panorama program at the 58th Berlin Film Festival. • Occupational Hazard: A documentary film portraying an Israeli journalist’s journey into Iraq during the Second Gulf War. • Caesarea: From the Dream to Reality: An animated short on the history of Caesarea.
THE GATEKEEPERS (SPOTLIGHT): " TRAILER" (VO) - FILM CLIPS (VO): " Bomb Plot On The Dome Of The Rock" - " Identifier Technique" - " People Expect A Decision" -
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS " THE GATEKEEPERS " Directed by Dror Moreh 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Official Selection Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2012 Telluride Film Festival 2012 Toronto International Film Festival 2012 New York Film Festival 2012 97 mins THE GATEKEEPERS AMI AYALON AVI DICHTER YUVAL DISKIN CARMI GILLON YAAKOV PERI AVRAHAM SHALOM Filmmakers Director DROR MOREH Producers ESTELLE FIALON DROR MOREH PHILIPPA KOWARSKY Co-Producer ANNA VAN DER WEE Associate Producers YAËL FOGIEL LAETITIA GONZALEZ Script DROR MOREH Camera AVNER SHAHAF Editor ORON ADAR Sound AMOS ZIPORI Sound Design ALEX CLAUDE Production Designer DORON KOREN