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About The Film
An inspirational theatric documentary that bridges
Israeli-Palestinian differences through the healing- powers of music.
The Story
After writing her new song Broken Wings, Israeli singer/songwriter Sima Galanti chronicles her astonishing experience as she sets out to find a Palestinian artist to record the song within an effort to bring a message of hope and healing to the divided communities of Israel and Palestinan through the healing powers of music that can triumph over differences. Complicating matters, Sima faces resistance and fear as her conservative jewish family is unsupportive of her endeavors. She decides to journey back to her birthplace to more deeply explore the political divides, face her own fears, and begins to heal her own broken past.
The music-filled film is shot in her new home, Los Angeles, and across Israel and the Palestinian territories.
The documentary explores how growing up in an environment of hate, fear, and distrust can affect a person’s life. You’ll also discover humanity, compassion, love, fear, the overcoming of life’s obstacles, and the exploration of radical belief systems that separate humanity as a whole.
Broken Wings is set among the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to demonstrate how systems of radical belief, fear, and various financial interests control our lives and introduce seemingly impossible challenges.
The musical narrative within Broken Wings reminds us of the atrocities and horrors of war, and also, how similar we all are underneath. It invites us to have faith in the universal healing power of the human heart.
The artists featured have stepped away from violence and hate. They strive to transform their past pain into powerful healing messages as they use their music and inspiring messages of hope and healing to open people's hearts.
The Impact
We live in times when violence, hate, division, and separation between people are increasing, not only between Palestinians and Israelis but, also between people in America and around the world. It is important to give a platform and explore subject matters that have been affecting our society and many people's lives for many generations; issues that created by mankind such as, war and social injustice and can be resolved by our continuous afford to improve our planet and society. We can’t deny that what happens in one part of the world doesn’t affect us all. We are all connected as human beings and our decisions and actions affect many people’s lives.
I believe that we need to create a society that is more interested in the greater good of everyone. I think that projects that inspire peace, hope, creativity, art, music, and healing are an investment in humanity and need to become a priority. We need to get back to our hearts, teach love, unity, forgiveness, and compassion instead of focusing on hate, self-gain, and wars that create mental and physical walls of division.
It is important to inspire, bring hope to people's lives, and shed light on stories that bring us together as human beings, teach us love, compassion, faith, and focus on our similarities rather our differences. I believe that is important to listen to the people on the ground that are fighting for change in their own unique ways, as we can see in the film.
Broken Wings hopes to inspire a brighter future for both Israeli and Palestinian people and to break down the walls of hate through the universal language of music that connects hearts and opens dialogue.
I believe that the strength to create peace lies within each and every one of us and we must be the change we wish to see in the world. We have the power to change our reality. I have a vision of a future world, where we are united and people who got affected by the war and hash realities can cast themselves in the empowering role of creators and potential leaders, as opposed to victims of terrible circumstances.
Join me on my mission to complete my inspiring and powerful film Broken Wings.
Broken Wings Team
Director/Producer -Sima Galanti
Sima Galanti is an artist, singer/songwriter/actress, producer, and director. She grew up in Lod, Israel, a culturally mixed Arab/Jewish town with many social and economic problems. She came to Los Angeles to fulfill her artistic dreams and freedom.
Sima remembers her mom used to say, "We are all victims of victims.” Through her artistic work Sima has been able to overcome such views and believes that the strength to create peace lies within each of us and we must be the change we wish to see in the world. Sima has a vision of a future where we unite in the empowering role of creators and potential leaders, as opposed to victims.
Sima’s songs are an expression of her personality, strength, passion, and the desire to find truth and meaning in her life. They are about acceptance of herself, her past, and about facing challenges and her own fears. Her music is also about love and heartbreaks.
Sima has released a number of albums in the U.S., working regularly with three-time Grammy-Award-winning producer/engineer, Tom Lord-Alge (U2, Peter Gabriel, Sarah McLachlan, Dave Matthews, Oasis, and many more) who mixed her first single “Breaking Down The Walls” and Ted Jensen of Sterling Sound Studios in NYC, also a Grammy-Award winner.
Studying acting at the prestigious Stella Adler Studio of Acting in NYC, and with esteemed acting coach, Susan Batson, and training with celebrated vocal coaches Don Lawrence and Melissa Cross, have helped Sima develop a personal relationship with her music and the ability to express herself and connect with others. She is also a certified Kundalini yoga teacher and this spiritual grounding to all her creative work.
Sima’s goal is to create powerful music and an inspiring peace documentary that will bridge the gap between Israelis and Palestinians and bring hope, inspiration, love, and healing to people all around the world
Editor- Kinga Orlikowska
Kinga Orlikowska comes from Poland where for many years she was involved in activism and education. She learned to edit in Los Angeles, beginning her career in scripted features, editing her first movie Lime Salted Love after graduating from film school. Kinga’s mentors include, award-winning editors, such as Ewa Smal who worked with legendary Krzysztof Kieslowski on Decalogue and Norman Hollyn who edited Sophie's Choice.
Her adventure with the documentary genre started in 2011. Since then she has worked on six documentary features, including In Utero, a cinematic rumination exploring life in the womb and its effects in the world, and the influence of past generations on our present and future.
The issue of generational trauma and its links with current world conflicts drew her to the Broken Wings project. Following her work with Kathleen and Stephen Gyllenhaal on In Utero, she began investigating the trauma of her own family, affected by the World War Two tragedies. Shortly befare meeting Sima, she collaborated with Stephen Gyllenhall in his Institute for Identity Development in creating short documentaries on healing processes and complicated family dynamics. Kinga has also worked with veterans and people affected by PTSD. Being a spiritual person herself, she believes that encountering the Broken Wings project was not an accidental, and is a part of a higher transcendental plan.
Director of Photography in Israel/West Bank - Asi Cohen
Asi is a professional cameraman and filmmaker based in Israel. Asi worked on many Israeli films and T.V Productions as well, within the Israeli news. As part of his great Love and sorrow for Mother Earth, he has traveled to Colombia and other parts of the world, living with the Indigenous People and working on a project called Tomorrows Ancestors Speak. His skills, heart, and incredible sense of humor are undeniable assets to the team.
Director of Photography in Los Angeles - Jordan Avtal
Jordan is an L. A based cinematographer. Jordan is a passionate and talented young cameraman. He studied film and acting and worked on many T.V and film production, as well Major music videos productions.
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