International FILM Festival- featuring the "HOT HOUSE"

Tue 26 Jun, 1:30 pm. Walter READE theater, 165 W 65th St, New York, 10023. Gregor Ehrlich, 212.601.1000 for info and tickets, call. $11. Makor - [ www][events]

For most Israelis they are assassins and criminals. For most Palestinians they are heroes and freedom fighters. Shot inside the Ber Sheba, Ashkelon, Hadarim, and Megiddo prisons, Hot House is a unique, probing documentary-feature that explores the emergence of a Palestinian national leadership within Israeli prisons. The film offers a rare look at the experiences, motivations, and mindsets of a number of key inmates, men and women, from Fatah and Hamas, serving multiple life sentences and the remarkable degree to which they influence the political process in the outside world. Presented in association with the Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Frontline Club. (Director: Shimon Dotan 89 min., English and Arabic with English subtitles show 1:30 and 9pm