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Facing the Wall
Surni, 14, wakes up to the first day without her love, Eli. She is in an Israeli absorption center. She keeps her eyes and ears closed, she won’t leave her bed, she just tries to shut out her new reality and pretend she never left Ethiopia. Her family attempts to get her out of bed. As the hours go by, her mother, who was at first blind to Surni’s suffering, finds a way to reach out and helps her say goodbye to the world they left behind.
Festivals and Awards:
Best Independent Short award, Tel Aviv Student Film Festival, Israel, 2016; Best Short Narrative Film, The Jerusalem International Film Festival, 2016
Director: Alamork Davidian
Producer: Saar Yogev, Naomi Levari
Production Company: Black Sheep Film Productions
Cinematographer: Daniel Miller
Editor: Margarita Balklav
Soundtrack Editor: Shahaf Wagshall
Original Soundtrack: Ophir Leibowich
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Makor Film Foundation, Gelfand Fund
Cast: Sapir Sinka, Tehila Yeshayahu Adega
Script: Alamork Davidian
Subtitles: English, Hebrew
Film Name in Hebrew: עם הפנים לקיר
Category: Aliyah / Ethnicity / Family / Identity / Immigration / Israeli Society / Minorities / Women
Tag Words: Ethiopian community Family tradition
Surni, 14, wakes up to the first day without her love, Eli. She is in an Israeli absorption center. She keeps her eyes and ears closed, she won’t leave her bed, she just tries to shut out her new reality and pretend she never left Ethiopia. Her family attempts to get her out of bed. As the hours go by, her mother, who was at first blind to Surni’s suffering, finds a way to reach out and helps her say goodbye to the world they left behind.
Festivals and Awards:
Best Independent Short award, Tel Aviv Student Film Festival, Israel, 2016; Best Short Narrative Film, The Jerusalem International Film Festival, 2016
Director: Alamork Davidian
Producer: Saar Yogev, Naomi Levari
Production Company: Black Sheep Film Productions
Cinematographer: Daniel Miller
Editor: Margarita Balklav
Soundtrack Editor: Shahaf Wagshall
Original Soundtrack: Ophir Leibowich
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Makor Film Foundation, Gelfand Fund
Cast: Sapir Sinka, Tehila Yeshayahu Adega
Script: Alamork Davidian
Subtitles: English, Hebrew
Film Name in Hebrew: עם הפנים לקיר
Category: Aliyah / Ethnicity / Family / Identity / Immigration / Israeli Society / Minorities / Women
Tag Words: Ethiopian community Family tradition
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