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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
Category: Greenhouse Films / Human Rights / Minorities / Women
Tag Words: Arab minority Greenhouse sexual abuse taboo women
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
Category: Greenhouse Films / Human Rights / Minorities / Women
Tag Words: Arab minority Greenhouse sexual abuse taboo women