Films found one film shorter than 40 minutes x Keywords "Development projects" x Series "Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film" x Year of production "2007" x short films 1 x Region Middle and Near East 1 Country Palestine 1 Keywords Children / Young people 1 Dance / Theatre / Performance 1 Development projects 1 x Directors Hertog, Ester 1 Series Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film 1 x Country of production United Kingdom 1 Year of production 2007 1 x Film Hope, Despair and Laughter: A circus project in Palestine 2007 27' Directed by Ester Hertog . Filmed in Dheisheh refugee camp in the West bank, this film is about a circus summer-camp dedicated to bring laughter and hope for Palestinian children. Children are taught all sorts of activities such as juggling and uni-cycling, in a surrounding where the graffiti, monuments for martyrs, and the separation wall are constant reminders of the ongoing political confrontation. How is the conflict inserted into the children's everyday reality? How is it brought into the circus by 'real' events, speeches and symbolic group names? How does the circus project fit in with the children's hopes and despair? Middle and Near East Development projects Dance / Theatre / Performance Children / Young people