Shrinking Space

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Being a human rights activist and an NGO staff member in Palestine is a high-risk endeavor. Even when the struggle is for women’s rights or the right to health. In 2021, Israel designated six of the largest Palestinian NGOs in the West Bank as terrorist groups, without presenting evidence. Some of their directors and staff have been detained or targeted with military-grade spyware such as Pegasus. The film weaves together intimate portraits of these renowned persecuted Palestinian activists with powerful reflections that provide key insights into the ongoing Israeli’s apartheid regime and systemic repression in Palestine.

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Norma Nebot, born in Madrid, is a documentary filmmaker whose work focuses on social justice, gender issues, and human rights. She holds a BA in History from the University of Sussex (UK) and a Diploma in Filmmaking from the London Film School. Her documentaries have been broadcast by Catalan public television and screened at numerous national and international film festivals.

Among her films: Otro scenario (2010), Jo sí que et crec (2021), Si jo tingués una vaca (2013), Amazighs: A Forced Diaspora (2020) e Controvèrsia a l’aula (2023) co-directed with Cristina Mora.

Cristina Mora is a Spanish filmmaker who has scripted and produced over fifty social and cultural documentaries and audiovisual reports. For the past fifteen years, she has been filming and directing projects at Fora de Quadre, mainly focused on human rights. She co-wrote the feature-length documentary Cinema in Times of War (2014), directed by Bartomeu Vilà, and co-directed and co-wrote the 52-minute documentary The Neighbourhood Must Be Defended (2013). Shrinking Space marks her directorial debut in feature-length documentary filmmaking.