Five Broken Cameras
2011 | 90m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi |
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| Writer: | Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi |
| Staring: |
| Five broken cameras – and each one has a powerful tale to tell. Embedded in the bullet-ridden remains of digital technology is the story of Emad Burnat, a farmer from the Palestinian village of Bil’in, which famously chose nonviolent resistance when the Israeli army encroached upon its land to make room for Jewish colonists. Emad buys his first camera in 2005 to document the birth of his fourth son, Gibreel. Over the course of the film, he becomes the peaceful archivist of an escalating struggle as olive trees are bulldozed, lives are lost, and a wall is built to segregate burgeoning Israeli settlements. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 23, 2011 |
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| Director: | Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi |
| Writer: | Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi |
| Genres: | War, Documentary |
| Keywords | palestine, palestinian-israeli conflict, peace, separation, fence, non violent, nakba (catastrophe), palestine history |
| Production Companies | CNC, Guy DVD Films, Alegria Productions, Burnat Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $108,541
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Emad Burnat | Himself (Narrator) |
| Soraya Burnat | Herself (Emad's wife) |
| Gibreel Burnat | Himself (Emad's 4th son) |
| Mohammed Burnat | Himself (Emad's 1st son) |
| Yasin Burnat | Himself (Emad's 2nd son) |
| Taki-Ydin Burnat | Himself (Emad's 3rd son) |
| Muhammad Burnat | Himself (Emad's Father) |
| Intisar Burnat | Herself (Emad's mother) |
| Bassem Abu-Rahma "Phil" | Himself (Emad's friend) |
| Adeeb Abu-Rahma | Himself (Emad's friend) |
| Ashraf Abu-Rahma "Daba" | Himself (Emad's friend) |
| Eyad Burnat | Himself (Emad's brother) |
| Riyad Burnat | Himself (Emad's brother) |
| Khaled Burnat | Himself (Emad's brother) |
| Jafar Burnat | Himself (Emad's brother) |
| Yisrael Puterman | Himself (Emad's friend) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Emad Burnat | Cinematography, Director, Writer |
| Guy Davidi | Director, Editor, Writer |
| Véronique Lagoarde-Ségot | Editor |
| Laurence Favreau | Head of Production |
| Virginie Sarazin | Production Manager |
| Sophie Vermersch | Post-Production Manager |
| Amélie Canini | Sound Designer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Emad Burnat | Producer |
| Guy Davidi | Producer |
| Christine Camdessus | Producer |
| Serge Gordey | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 13 | 63 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 4 | 737 | 789 |