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I Am Not
Oren Levi is struggling to find his place in the world. Born in Guatemala and adopted by an Israeli couple as a baby, Oren had a troublesome childhood despite all the love and support of his family. Misdiagnosed with autism and mental illness, put into a psychiatric ward after a suicide attempt, he found it even harder to connect with the world that labelled him as “not normal” in many different ways. One day, armed with a simple video camera, Oren embarks on a journey to meet his biological parents and things begin to change. Tomer Heymann’s film tells a compelling story of a young man coming-of-age and discovering his true self among different landscapes, cultures and languages.
Festivals and Awards:
Docaviv Festival - Israeli Competition, Tel-Aviv Israel, 2021
Director: Tomer Heymann
Producer: Barak Heymann, Tomer Heymann
Production Company: Heymann Brothers Films
Cinematographer: Itai Raziel, Oren Levi, Ehud Levi, Addie Reiss, Uri Levi
Editor: Yaniv Segalovich. Additional Editing: Alex Khosid, Elad Davidovitch Schicowich
Soundtrack Editor: Itzik Cohen (jungle Studio)
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, HOT8
Musicians: Matan Daskal
Script: Tomer Heymann
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: כל העצים נושבים ברוח
Category: Children and Youth / Family / Health / Identity / International Stories / People with Disabilities
Tag Words: adoption attempted suicide Autism biological parents coming-of-age Guatemala mental illness
Oren Levi is struggling to find his place in the world. Born in Guatemala and adopted by an Israeli couple as a baby, Oren had a troublesome childhood despite all the love and support of his family. Misdiagnosed with autism and mental illness, put into a psychiatric ward after a suicide attempt, he found it even harder to connect with the world that labelled him as “not normal” in many different ways. One day, armed with a simple video camera, Oren embarks on a journey to meet his biological parents and things begin to change. Tomer Heymann’s film tells a compelling story of a young man coming-of-age and discovering his true self among different landscapes, cultures and languages.
Festivals and Awards:
Docaviv Festival - Israeli Competition, Tel-Aviv Israel, 2021
Director: Tomer Heymann
Producer: Barak Heymann, Tomer Heymann
Production Company: Heymann Brothers Films
Cinematographer: Itai Raziel, Oren Levi, Ehud Levi, Addie Reiss, Uri Levi
Editor: Yaniv Segalovich. Additional Editing: Alex Khosid, Elad Davidovitch Schicowich
Soundtrack Editor: Itzik Cohen (jungle Studio)
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, HOT8
Musicians: Matan Daskal
Script: Tomer Heymann
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: כל העצים נושבים ברוח
Category: Children and Youth / Family / Health / Identity / International Stories / People with Disabilities
Tag Words: adoption attempted suicide Autism biological parents coming-of-age Guatemala mental illness