Israel’s occupation of the West Bank often interferes with the mobility of its Palestinian inhabitants, especially when they need to travel to Israel. This restriction is one of the sore points of the nearly three million Palestinians in the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since the 1967 Six Day War.

Shai Carmelli Pollak’s The Sea, which is built around this contentious issue, will be screened at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival. It runs from June 4-14.

The movie unfolds as a bus en route to Tel Aviv’s seashore stops at an Israeli checkpoint. It is filled with Palestinian school children from a West Bank village near Ramallah. They are looking forward to spending a day at the beach, which seems very far from their homes.

The Israeli soldier who inspects the bus allows all but one of the passengers to proceed into Israel. He refuses to let in Khalid........

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