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The film follows a new girl on her first day at boarding school, and accompanies an “ex-boarder” returning to the scene of her childhood for the first time in 35 years. Through their stories and using rare archival footage, the film tells the story of the Weingarten Orphanage for Girls, founded in Jerusalem in 1902 and operating today as a boarding school for orthodox girls. The film reveals a closed world with its own rules, a world of childhood with no parents in it.
Festivals and Awards:
Best Documentary Award and Best Cinematography Award at DocAviv International Film Festival, Israel, 2005
Director: Sivan Arbel
Producer: Odete Orr, Youval Orr
Production Company: Unicorn Content and Media
Cinematographer: Talia Galon
Editor: Ayelet Ofarim
Original Soundtrack: Tuli Chen
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: יום ולילה
Category: Children and Youth / Education / Jerusalem / Judaism and Jewish Culture / Women
Tag Words: archival footage boarding school children Jerusalem orphanage Orthodox Weingarten Orphanage
The film follows a new girl on her first day at boarding school, and accompanies an “ex-boarder” returning to the scene of her childhood for the first time in 35 years. Through their stories and using rare archival footage, the film tells the story of the Weingarten Orphanage for Girls, founded in Jerusalem in 1902 and operating today as a boarding school for orthodox girls. The film reveals a closed world with its own rules, a world of childhood with no parents in it.
Festivals and Awards:
Best Documentary Award and Best Cinematography Award at DocAviv International Film Festival, Israel, 2005
Director: Sivan Arbel
Producer: Odete Orr, Youval Orr
Production Company: Unicorn Content and Media
Cinematographer: Talia Galon
Editor: Ayelet Ofarim
Original Soundtrack: Tuli Chen
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: יום ולילה
Category: Children and Youth / Education / Jerusalem / Judaism and Jewish Culture / Women
Tag Words: archival footage boarding school children Jerusalem orphanage Orthodox Weingarten Orphanage
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