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Three generations of fighters .Trained by his father in a method developed by his Holocaust surviving grandfather, Idan had no choice but to become a martial arts champion. But how do you react when your father is your coach, and he in turn was taught by his own father? The film follows an extraordinary childhood of rigorous training entangled by complex family relationships in the arena that is shadowed by the past.
Festivals and Awards:
Krakow International Film Festival Poland, 2014; Universe Multicultural Film Festival, California, USA, 2014; Off Cinema International Film Festival, Poland, 2014; Aegean International Film Festival, Greece, 2014; Rolan International Film Festival for Children & Youth, Armenia, 2014.
Director: Itay Livne
Producer: Itay Livne
Production Company: Films for a Change
Cinematographer: Eytan Nadel, Immanuel Mayer, Itay Livne
Editor: Itay Livne
Soundtrack Editor: Michael Gurevitch
Original Soundtrack: Ohad Refaeli
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Second Authority for Television and Radio
Script: Itay Livne, Yael Paz
Distributor: Ruth Diskin Films
Subtitles: English, Hebrew
Film Name in Hebrew: סקורניק - בשם האב
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Film's Facebook pageThree generations of fighters .Trained by his father in a method developed by his Holocaust surviving grandfather, Idan had no choice but to become a martial arts champion. But how do you react when your father is your coach, and he in turn was taught by his own father? The film follows an extraordinary childhood of rigorous training entangled by complex family relationships in the arena that is shadowed by the past.
Festivals and Awards:
Krakow International Film Festival Poland, 2014; Universe Multicultural Film Festival, California, USA, 2014; Off Cinema International Film Festival, Poland, 2014; Aegean International Film Festival, Greece, 2014; Rolan International Film Festival for Children & Youth, Armenia, 2014.
Relevant Links:
Film's Facebook pageDirector: Itay Livne
Producer: Itay Livne
Production Company: Films for a Change
Cinematographer: Eytan Nadel, Immanuel Mayer, Itay Livne
Editor: Itay Livne
Soundtrack Editor: Michael Gurevitch
Original Soundtrack: Ohad Refaeli
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Second Authority for Television and Radio
Script: Itay Livne, Yael Paz
Distributor: Ruth Diskin Films
Subtitles: English, Hebrew
Film Name in Hebrew: סקורניק - בשם האב
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