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Avigail, the director of this film, is dealing with a break-up from her girlfriend and with raising a child that she had with her. At the same time, her religious family in Jerusalem is struggling with the “demons” threatening to overwhelm their daughter Ariella. Ariella is an Ethiopian girl, who was adopted by Avigail’s parents, Rabbi Daniel and Hannah Sperber, when she was four. She is the tenth child, with nine older siblings, each of whom chose a unique path to follow. But Ariella forces the family to contend with problems of another sort: alcoholism, petty thefts, and prison. Does the story of Ariella have an inevitable ending? Can she accept and absorb the love and concern that surround her? And will her family be able to love her unconditionally? This is a depiction of the fragile bonds that make up a family.
Festivals and Awards:
Best Documentary Film and Best Cinematography at DocAviv Film Festival,Israel, 2014; IDFA, the Netherlands, 2014; Outfest - the LGBT Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA, 2015
Director: Avigail Sperber
Producer: Executive Producer - Ilanit Baumann, Producer- Enav Shenar
Production Company: Endemol Israel
Cinematographer: Avigail Sperber
Editor: Ido Haar
Soundtrack Editor: Aviv Aldema, Sharon Luzon
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television;The Avi Chai Foundation, Yes Doco
Musicians: Ronit Roland
Script: Avigail Sperber
Distributor: Go2Films
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: תקופת מבחן
Category: Family / Judaism and Jewish Culture / LGBT
Tag Words: daughter Ethiopia girlfriend life partner parents Rabbi religious teen
Avigail, the director of this film, is dealing with a break-up from her girlfriend and with raising a child that she had with her. At the same time, her religious family in Jerusalem is struggling with the “demons” threatening to overwhelm their daughter Ariella. Ariella is an Ethiopian girl, who was adopted by Avigail’s parents, Rabbi Daniel and Hannah Sperber, when she was four. She is the tenth child, with nine older siblings, each of whom chose a unique path to follow. But Ariella forces the family to contend with problems of another sort: alcoholism, petty thefts, and prison. Does the story of Ariella have an inevitable ending? Can she accept and absorb the love and concern that surround her? And will her family be able to love her unconditionally? This is a depiction of the fragile bonds that make up a family.
Festivals and Awards:
Best Documentary Film and Best Cinematography at DocAviv Film Festival,Israel, 2014; IDFA, the Netherlands, 2014; Outfest - the LGBT Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA, 2015
Director: Avigail Sperber
Producer: Executive Producer - Ilanit Baumann, Producer- Enav Shenar
Production Company: Endemol Israel
Cinematographer: Avigail Sperber
Editor: Ido Haar
Soundtrack Editor: Aviv Aldema, Sharon Luzon
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television;The Avi Chai Foundation, Yes Doco
Musicians: Ronit Roland
Script: Avigail Sperber
Distributor: Go2Films
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: תקופת מבחן
Category: Family / Judaism and Jewish Culture / LGBT
Tag Words: daughter Ethiopia girlfriend life partner parents Rabbi religious teen