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Photonovela
A 12 year old girl, must complete a family history assignment for school. The boring task slowly becomes a sweeping drama embodying many secrets during three generations of one family, beginning before the Second World War, continuing as Holocaust refugees and ending with the fall of the collective kibbutz idealism. What does this heavy historical burden mean for a young girl today, living on the social networks, soap operas and telenovelas? A first-person documentary about the unsettling thought that life is a chain of events governed by coincidence.
Festivals and Awards:
Jerusaelm Jewish Film Festival, Israel, 2012
Director: Chen Shelach
Producer: Duki Dror
Cinematographer: Chen Shelach
Editor: Duki Dror
Soundtrack Editor: Ronen Nagel
Original Soundtrack: Frank Ilfman
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Channel 8
Script: Duki Dror, Chen Shelach
Distributor: Go2Films
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: פוטונובלה
Category: Family / Identity / Kibbutz
Tag Words: Family family tree generations Holocaust Kibbutz refugees Second World War secrets WWII
A 12 year old girl, must complete a family history assignment for school. The boring task slowly becomes a sweeping drama embodying many secrets during three generations of one family, beginning before the Second World War, continuing as Holocaust refugees and ending with the fall of the collective kibbutz idealism. What does this heavy historical burden mean for a young girl today, living on the social networks, soap operas and telenovelas? A first-person documentary about the unsettling thought that life is a chain of events governed by coincidence.
Festivals and Awards:
Jerusaelm Jewish Film Festival, Israel, 2012
Director: Chen Shelach
Producer: Duki Dror
Cinematographer: Chen Shelach
Editor: Duki Dror
Soundtrack Editor: Ronen Nagel
Original Soundtrack: Frank Ilfman
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Channel 8
Script: Duki Dror, Chen Shelach
Distributor: Go2Films
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: פוטונובלה
Category: Family / Identity / Kibbutz
Tag Words: Family family tree generations Holocaust Kibbutz refugees Second World War secrets WWII
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