“The Sea” The director of this film, Shai Carmel-Pollak, has long been a peace activist, who explores in this film the desire of a 12-year-old boy to leave his home on the West Bank and make the difficult and potentially dangerous journey to the sea, on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. The sea, of course, is more than a location. It’s a concept. It’s a symbol of freedom that’s been denied Palestinians, as the filmmaker sees it, under Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.