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9 Years Later
Danielle, a Jew who grew up as a Muslim in Morocco, struggles for the right to bring up her son, Nasser. Nine years after she was forced to leave him and moved to live in Jerusalem, she returns to Morocco to fight for custody. She sets off to meet her son, now 14 and her Muslim family. To her surprise, the greatest difficulties come from the Israeli society the Jewish bureaucracy which puts at risk the fragile relationship.
Festivals and Awards:
Best Editing Award at the Docaviv International Film Festival, 2009; The International Women's Film Festival, Israel, 2009; 6th AICE Israeli Film Festival in Melbourne & Sydney, 2009; ETHNOCINECA - Ethnographic & Documentary Filmfest Vienna, 2010; Tiburon International Film Festival, 2010
Director: Yifat Kedar, Sari Ezouz
Producer: Edna Kovarsky, Elinor Kovarsky
Production Company: Eden Productions
Cinematographer: Gonen Glaser
Editor: Sari Ezouz
Original Soundtrack: Yoel Ben-Simhon and Sultana Ensemble
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television; Keshet Broadcasting
Script: Yifat Kedar, Sari Ezouz
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: כעבור 9 שנים
Category: Aliyah / Family / Human Rights / Religion / Women
Tag Words: custody divorce Moroccan Jews Morocco mother Muslim culture son
Danielle, a Jew who grew up as a Muslim in Morocco, struggles for the right to bring up her son, Nasser. Nine years after she was forced to leave him and moved to live in Jerusalem, she returns to Morocco to fight for custody. She sets off to meet her son, now 14 and her Muslim family. To her surprise, the greatest difficulties come from the Israeli society the Jewish bureaucracy which puts at risk the fragile relationship.
Festivals and Awards:
Best Editing Award at the Docaviv International Film Festival, 2009; The International Women's Film Festival, Israel, 2009; 6th AICE Israeli Film Festival in Melbourne & Sydney, 2009; ETHNOCINECA - Ethnographic & Documentary Filmfest Vienna, 2010; Tiburon International Film Festival, 2010
Director: Yifat Kedar, Sari Ezouz
Producer: Edna Kovarsky, Elinor Kovarsky
Production Company: Eden Productions
Cinematographer: Gonen Glaser
Editor: Sari Ezouz
Original Soundtrack: Yoel Ben-Simhon and Sultana Ensemble
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television; Keshet Broadcasting
Script: Yifat Kedar, Sari Ezouz
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: כעבור 9 שנים
Category: Aliyah / Family / Human Rights / Religion / Women
Tag Words: custody divorce Moroccan Jews Morocco mother Muslim culture son
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