Behind the Intentions
The Parents’ Circle – Families Forum (PCFF) brings together hundreds of Israeli and Palestinian families who have lost loved ones in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Set up in 1995, the forum is unique in trying to promote peace and reconciliation during an ongoing war by bringing together victims from both sides:
“We have chosen to convert the feelings of anger and revenge, helplessness and despair, into energies of hope and action, as messengers of a process of reconciliation. We who have paid the highest price possible, believe that empathy for the pain and needs of the other can generate a change in Israeli and Palestinian awareness and public opinion”
In 2006, the group began filming a series for television called “Good Intentions”. Based on the experiences of PCFF members, it was intended to be a fictional version of the conflict, showing ordinary Israeli and Palestinian families trying to live together in peace under the enormous daily stress of a region at war.
However, as families involved in the creation of the show are detained at Israeli checkpoints and the Israeli broadcasters begin to have concerns about transmission, this behind-the-scenes film shows how quickly fiction and reality can become entangled.
