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“Water” is a project consisting of seven shorts made by eight directors, all revolving around the need for water, originated by filmmaker Yael Perlov. In the countryside, a young couple from Tel Aviv has to share a fountain with a group of Palestinian workers, between ancestral fears and hints of solidarity (Still Waters). During the summer, a Palestinian water seller supplies tanks and wells in the Bethlehem area, as it is left dry by the settlers (The Water Seller). An Israeli soldier on the verge of a nervous breakdown and a Palestinian peasant who violates curfew to water his watermelons try to tame a donkey (Raz and Raja). A famous actor and his two sons have a particular relationship, based on misunderstandings and eyedrops, with their neighbor, an old woman who survived the concentration camps (Eye Drops). An old Arab man, who lived in the US for years, manages a swimming pool. Palestinian families who have never seen the sea attend until Israeli settlers come to invade this space (Kareem’s Pool). An Israeli soldier, during a break from his drills, remembers an episode from his childhood: his mother was washing his hair in the bathtub, while his father was urging him on to hurry up (Drops). A young and shy orthodox Jew is waiting for her parents to take her to a Shidduch, a meeting to arrange a marriage. In the meantime, she has a bizarre conversation with an Arab plumber through a closed door (Now and Forever).