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Dad’s Camera
A chronicle of a death unforetold. After his brain stroke a daughter tries to make her father into a filmmaker and a parent once again, while unknowingly documenting his last years. A film about the fragility of the father figure
evolves into a story on the power of clinging to life through a shared act of creation, even in the face of death.
Festivals and Awards:
Docaviv International Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2022
Director: Efrat Lipshitz
Producer: Efrat Lipshitz
Production Company: Minshar School of Art
Cinematographer: Efrat Lipshitz, Uri Lipshitz
Editor: Efrat Lipshitz
Soundtrack Editor: Rotem Dror, Andy Rapaport
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Minshar, CoPro
Script: Efrat Lipshitz
Distributor: Minshar School of Art
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: המצלמה של אבא
Category: Art and Culture / Family / Health / People with Disabilities / Student Films
Tag Words: camera Death dying father-daughter relationship parenthood stroke
A chronicle of a death unforetold. After his brain stroke a daughter tries to make her father into a filmmaker and a parent once again, while unknowingly documenting his last years. A film about the fragility of the father figure
evolves into a story on the power of clinging to life through a shared act of creation, even in the face of death.
Festivals and Awards:
Docaviv International Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2022
Director: Efrat Lipshitz
Producer: Efrat Lipshitz
Production Company: Minshar School of Art
Cinematographer: Efrat Lipshitz, Uri Lipshitz
Editor: Efrat Lipshitz
Soundtrack Editor: Rotem Dror, Andy Rapaport
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Minshar, CoPro
Script: Efrat Lipshitz
Distributor: Minshar School of Art
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: המצלמה של אבא
Category: Art and Culture / Family / Health / People with Disabilities / Student Films
Tag Words: camera Death dying father-daughter relationship parenthood stroke
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