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The Skies are Closer in Homesh

A highly personal documentary that follows a newly wed Jewish couple through their first few years of married life on a dangerous Israeli settlement in the West Bank. The diarist documentary exposes what life is like for Menorah, a young and nervous settler, who was married on the day of a terrorist attack, spent her honeymoon trapped inside her home because of terrorism, and sleeps with a gun under her pillow. The film follows the evolution of her relationship with both her husband and her home through their crucial early stages. From a terrorist attack the night of Passover that murdered close friends to the birth of her first child, Menorah turns on her camera to share highly personal moments.

Festivals and Awards:

Doc Aviv International Film Festival, 2004; International Hamptons Film Festival, 2005

Director: Menorah Chazani

Producer: Hillel Weber

Cinematographer: Gil Mezuman and Menorah Chazani

Editor: Zohar Navon

Original Soundtrack: Doron Shenkar

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

Subtitles: English

Film Name in Hebrew: בחומש קרוב לשמים

A highly personal documentary that follows a newly wed Jewish couple through their first few years of married life on a dangerous Israeli settlement in the West Bank. The diarist documentary exposes what life is like for Menorah, a young and nervous settler, who was married on the day of a terrorist attack, spent her honeymoon trapped inside her home because of terrorism, and sleeps with a gun under her pillow. The film follows the evolution of her relationship with both her husband and her home through their crucial early stages. From a terrorist attack the night of Passover that murdered close friends to the birth of her first child, Menorah turns on her camera to share highly personal moments.

Festivals and Awards:

Doc Aviv International Film Festival, 2004; International Hamptons Film Festival, 2005

 

Director: Menorah Chazani

Producer: Hillel Weber

Cinematographer: Gil Mezuman and Menorah Chazani

Editor: Zohar Navon

Original Soundtrack: Doron Shenkar

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

Subtitles: English

Film Name in Hebrew: בחומש קרוב לשמים

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