Ghent, Belgium
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Berber Verpoest is a journalist and documentary filmmaker with over 10 years of experience. His work has appeared on VRT, VICE, De Correspondent, De Standaard, AJ+, MO, Apache, NPO1, and Al Arabiya, among others. He combines in-depth investigative work with powerful human stories. Berber has collected stories in Europe, Africa, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. He delves into various political and socio-economic themes, from climate and education to human rights. Berber films, edits, writes and researches. He realizes solo productions from A to Z but also enjoys working in teams. From 2015 to 2019 he was a lecturer in (video) journalism and storytelling at the Artevelde College University in Ghent. Today he concentrates entirely on his own work. In 2010 he won the prestigious De Loep, for young investigative journalists. For the documentary Home he received the Emerging Director Award of the Al Ard Film Festival in 2017. His documentary Beyond The Wall was a finalist at the Dig Awards Film Festival in 2016. He lives in Ghent, Belgium.
In Beyond the wall we follow Marcel and Rawan, two young Palestinians who are facing the many restrictions in Palestine on a daily basis but despite everything have decided to chase their dream. We run alongside the wall and look back on last summer's war from which Gaza hasn't recovered yet.
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Produced for AJPlus
On march 27, the right to movement marathon is taking place in bethlehem. Thousands of runners from palestine and across the globe will be making a strong statement for the right to movement. But what does it mean and how does it affect your life if you are denied that right?we'll look at some of the restrictions best example: impossible to find 42km track, no option but to run in circles
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