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Honorable Ambassador

In this heartwarming and often humorous documentary, Mickey Arbel, the Israeli Ambassador in Cameroon, Africa, sets out on a long and exhausting journey into the deep jungles and arid deserts of Africa, to persuade the villagers of the need for drip-irrigation, which would resolve once and for all the severe irrigation problems of this very underdeveloped country. Israel, recognized as the world leader in drip-irrigation technology, shares its innovative technologies with countries around the world – but, on the ground, things don’t always go as expected. Filmmaker Jonathan Paz follows Arbel on this cinematically colorful journey – a journey that is by turns frustrating, exciting, surreal and funny. For the charismatic and driven Arbel, it is also an inner journey deep into himself.

Festivals and Awards:

Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Canada, 2013; Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2012

Director: Jonathan Paz

Producer: Jonathan Paz

Production Company: Valley Train Productions

Cinematographer: Rotem Yaron

Editor: Shimon Spector, Kati Diakova

Original Soundtrack: Yonatan Likman

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television

Subtitles: Hebrew, English

Film Name in Hebrew: כבוד השגריר

In this heartwarming and often humorous documentary, Mickey Arbel, the Israeli Ambassador in Cameroon, Africa, sets out on a long and exhausting journey into the deep jungles and arid deserts of Africa, to persuade the villagers of the need for drip-irrigation, which would resolve once and for all the severe irrigation problems of this very underdeveloped country. Israel, recognized as the world leader in drip-irrigation technology, shares its innovative technologies with countries around the world – but, on the ground, things don’t always go as expected. Filmmaker Jonathan Paz follows Arbel on this cinematically colorful journey – a journey that is by turns frustrating, exciting, surreal and funny. For the charismatic and driven Arbel, it is also an inner journey deep into himself.

Festivals and Awards:

Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Canada, 2013; Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2012

 

Director: Jonathan Paz

Producer: Jonathan Paz

Production Company: Valley Train Productions

Cinematographer: Rotem Yaron

Editor: Shimon Spector, Kati Diakova

Original Soundtrack: Yonatan Likman

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television

Subtitles: Hebrew, English

Film Name in Hebrew: כבוד השגריר

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