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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
Category: Aliyah / Family / Identity / Immigration / Student Films / Women
Tag Words: Argentina Immigration inheritence Late Parents legacy memory sisters twins
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
Category: Aliyah / Family / Identity / Immigration / Student Films / Women
Tag Words: Argentina Immigration inheritence Late Parents legacy memory sisters twins
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