Behind the Scenes

These short films give you an inside look at how our program unfolds, from building trust to creating films.

First Steps

Through a series of dialogue sessions and trust building exercises, the 2011 participants take the first steps in getting to know each other.

Hopes and Fears

Young Israeli, Palestinian and Canadian university students discuss their hopes and fears coming into the 2011 Peace it Together filmmaking and dialogue program.

Home

Land, custom, family, belonging ... Home is key to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. In this short video Peace it Together participants discuss their concept of home and how their feelings and perceptions have evolved over the course of the dialogue sessio

Conflict

The participants came into the Peace it Together program with varied perspectives on the conflict ... points of view which aren't easily reconciled. While the dialogue sessions and trust-building exercises promoted honesty and openness, hearing how the 'ot

Haiku

Peace it Together participants were asked to write haikus or short poems as a way to distill their experience in the dialogue sessions. The result was an inspiring expression of the creative process.

Building Peace Frame by Frame

As a follow-up to dialogue sessions, Israeli, Palestinian and Canadian youth work together to create short films that express their viewpoints on the conflict. In this short video, film mentors and students discuss the filmmaking process.

Sustaining the Impact

Executive Director Reena Lazar speaks about the role of filmmaking in the Peace it Together program while participants discuss plans to screen their films back home.

Peacing it Together

Key moments from the 2006 program.

Peace 360

Peace it Together 360 is a short film about the 2008 Peace it Together program told from the perspective of the Canadian participants.