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Absent Presence

Ruthy returns to Argentina to clear out her late parents’ apartment with her twin sister Judy. Using various objects and private archive materials, the film is both a nostalgic look at the past and a very personal portrait. It deals with the complexity of the immigrant’s identity, sibling relationships, and the function of objects as conduits of personal and periodic memory.

Director: Ruthy Wischnevsky

Producer: Ruthy Wischnevsky, Tzachi Sharon

Production Company: Tel Aviv University

Cinematographer: Tzachi Sharon

Editor: Gala Kaplun, Ruthy Wischnevsky Additional Editing: Katia Shepeliavaya

Soundtrack Editor: Keren Or Biton

Original Soundtrack: Ran Bagno

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Blavatnik student film production fund

Colourist: Vladimir Dzyackevich

Subtitles: Hebrew, English

Film Name in Hebrew: כרוניקה של נוכחות

Ruthy returns to Argentina to clear out her late parents’ apartment with her twin sister Judy. Using various objects and private archive materials, the film is both a nostalgic look at the past and a very personal portrait. It deals with the complexity of the immigrant’s identity, sibling relationships, and the function of objects as conduits of personal and periodic memory.

 

Director: Ruthy Wischnevsky

Producer: Ruthy Wischnevsky, Tzachi Sharon

Production Company: Tel Aviv University

Cinematographer: Tzachi Sharon

Editor: Gala Kaplun, Ruthy Wischnevsky Additional Editing: Katia Shepeliavaya

Soundtrack Editor: Keren Or Biton

Original Soundtrack: Ran Bagno

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Blavatnik student film production fund

Colourist: Vladimir Dzyackevich

Subtitles: Hebrew, English

Film Name in Hebrew: כרוניקה של נוכחות

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