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Duma

Duma (dolls in Arabic) is based on stories of sexual abuse in Arab society in Israel. Abeer, the creator of a puppet theater show which deals with the subject of sexual abuse during childhood, decides to take her camera and journey from the north to the south of the country and document women who have experienced sexual violence. In her journey she meets four women who dare to reveal the sexual abuse they endured in their close circle of family and friends. They all look for a way to express their pain and to break the silence that was imposed on them by their relatives and by society.

Festivals and Awards:

Middle East Now Film Festival, Italy, 2013; Afghanistan Human Rights Film Festival, 2013; Nar Film Festival, Turkey, 2013; International 1001 Documentary Film Festival, Istanbul, 2012; International Documentary Film Festival CRONOGRAF, Moldova, 2012; This Human World International Human Rights Film Festival, Austria, 2012; Best Documentary Award at Urban TV, Madrid, 2012; Filmisreal! The Netherlands, 2012; DocAviv International Film Festival, 2011; International Women's Film Festival, Israel, 2011; This Human World Festival, 2011; IDFA Festival, Amsterdam, 2011; Belgrade Documentary International Film Festival, Serbia, 2012; Mumbai International Film Festival, India, 2012

Director: Abeer Zeibak Haddad

Producer: Ilil Alexander

Production Company: Abeer Productions

Cinematographer: Ivon Miklosh

Editor: Era Lapid

Soundtrack Editor: Aviv Aldema

Original Soundtrack: Alla Abu Amara

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

Script: Abeer Zeibak Haddad, Ilil Alexander

Distributor: Go2Films

Subtitles: Hebrew, English

Film Name in Hebrew: דומא

Duma (dolls in Arabic) is based on stories of sexual abuse in Arab society in Israel. Abeer, the creator of a puppet theater show which deals with the subject of sexual abuse during childhood, decides to take her camera and journey from the north to the south of the country and document women who have experienced sexual violence. In her journey she meets four women who dare to reveal the sexual abuse they endured in their close circle of family and friends. They all look for a way to express their pain and to break the silence that was imposed on them by their relatives and by society.

Festivals and Awards:

Middle East Now Film Festival, Italy, 2013; Afghanistan Human Rights Film Festival, 2013; Nar Film Festival, Turkey, 2013; International 1001 Documentary Film Festival, Istanbul, 2012; International Documentary Film Festival CRONOGRAF, Moldova, 2012; This Human World International Human Rights Film Festival, Austria, 2012; Best Documentary Award at Urban TV, Madrid, 2012; Filmisreal! The Netherlands, 2012; DocAviv International Film Festival, 2011; International Women's Film Festival, Israel, 2011; This Human World Festival, 2011; IDFA Festival, Amsterdam, 2011; Belgrade Documentary International Film Festival, Serbia, 2012; Mumbai International Film Festival, India, 2012

Director: Abeer Zeibak Haddad

Producer: Ilil Alexander

Production Company: Abeer Productions

Cinematographer: Ivon Miklosh

Editor: Era Lapid

Soundtrack Editor: Aviv Aldema

Original Soundtrack: Alla Abu Amara

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

Script: Abeer Zeibak Haddad, Ilil Alexander

Distributor: Go2Films

Subtitles: Hebrew, English

Film Name in Hebrew: דומא

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