Ghost Hunting

Director Raed Andoni places a newspaper advertisement in Ramallah. He is looking for former inmates of the Moskobiya interrogation centre in Jerusalem. In his ad he asks that the men should also have experience as craftsmen, architects or actors. After a casting process that almost feels like role play, he arranges for a replica of the centre's interrogation rooms and cells to be built to scale inside a hall - under close supervision from the former inmates and based on their memories. In this realistic setting the men subsequently re-enact their interrogations, discuss details about the prison, and express the humiliation they experienced during their detention. Using techniques that are reminiscent of the so-called 'theatre of the oppressed' they work together to dramatise their real-life experiences. Their reconstruction brings long repressed emotions and undealt with trauma to the fore. Working on the film takes its toll on the men - both physically and mentally. The director also appears in front of the camera; not only is he creating a stage for his protagonists, he is also coming to terms with his own fragmented memories of imprisonment in Moskobiya thirty years previously.

Interesting and unusual movie. It has a great plot with fantastic acting. Ramzi Maqdisi , Atef Al-Akhras played their parts well. Simply one of the best.

I was on the edge of my seat the entire time!!! Loved this film!

The most amazing, satisfying big Documentary film! In addition to being a visual triumph, the story blossoms in jawdropping ways.

How could they manage to do this? WOW! Most enjoyable movie for me. Every moment with Mohammed Khattab on screen is awesome.

This movie surprised me, it was really good. This is a movie worth watching!

Enjoyed the writing and the acting. I thought the characters were well rounded.

All the actors made the characters breathe an essence which is integral to the script and the director captured it the best way possible. But Ramzi Maqdisi is definitely the soul of this movie.