Drawing for better dreams

Palestine | 2015 | 4min | Animation By using images drawn by Palestinian children between the ages of 9 and 12, 'Drawing for Better Dreams' takes us to the Occupied Territories and into the minds of the kids who live there under siege. By animating the simple crayon drawings, this moving film conjures up the struggles faced by Palestinian children on a daily basis, and demonstrates the power of - and need for - allowing young people to dream. May Odeh is a Palestinian filmmaker and producer. She holds a master’s degree in film and production from Lillehammer University in Norway and is the founder of the production company Odeh Films. She has produced and directed numerous Palestinian fiction and documentary films. She is best known for the feature-length documentary Diaries (2011), the fiction short The Crossing (2017), and the documentary short Gaza by Her (2017). In parallel, she organizes the Red Carpet Film Festival and the Mobile Cinema project, which involves traveling to villages in Area C to screen films for local families.