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A folkloristic fantasy that takes place during the Russian immigration to Israel in the 90’s.
Elina is a young immigrant who lives with her grandma in a small desert town, trying to fit in with her peers and overcome her mother’s abandonment.
Until a strange genetic phenomena interrupts – her body starts to grow feathers. Elina is forced to choose between the need to belong and her own identity.
Director: Hani Dombe, Tom Kouris
Producer: Amit Gicelter, Dora Benousilio - Les Films de l’Arlequin
Production Company: The Hive Studio, TOM&HANI Animation
Cinematographer: Tom Kouris Character & set design: Hani Dombe Puppets and set building: Nina Alon, Hani Dombe
Editor: Tom Kouris Animators: Liron Narunsky, Anna Belenkiy
Soundtrack Editor: Ilan Admon Foley's: Dan Ben Haim
Original Soundtrack: Frank Ilfman
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Makor Foundation for Israeli films, The Israel Lottery Council For Culture & Arts, With the participation of ARTE France
Cast: Voices: Bar Misochnik ,Alla Shmaievich, Adi Sidlik, Noam Tal, Dana Cohen, Lotem Bartov, Gal Dornefeld, Mor Lavie
Script: Hani Dombe
Subtitles: English, Hebrew
Film Name in Hebrew: פלומות
Category: Aliyah / Animation / Borders and Periphery / Children and Youth / Ethnicity / Family / Immigration / Israeli Society / Old Age / Women
Tag Words: 1990s adolescence Aliyah birds body image Desert feathers former Soviet Union Immigration outskirts Russian wings
A folkloristic fantasy that takes place during the Russian immigration to Israel in the 90’s.
Elina is a young immigrant who lives with her grandma in a small desert town, trying to fit in with her peers and overcome her mother’s abandonment.
Until a strange genetic phenomena interrupts – her body starts to grow feathers. Elina is forced to choose between the need to belong and her own identity.
Director: Hani Dombe, Tom Kouris
Producer: Amit Gicelter, Dora Benousilio - Les Films de l’Arlequin
Production Company: The Hive Studio, TOM&HANI Animation
Cinematographer: Tom Kouris Character & set design: Hani Dombe Puppets and set building: Nina Alon, Hani Dombe
Editor: Tom Kouris Animators: Liron Narunsky, Anna Belenkiy
Soundtrack Editor: Ilan Admon Foley's: Dan Ben Haim
Original Soundtrack: Frank Ilfman
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Makor Foundation for Israeli films, The Israel Lottery Council For Culture & Arts, With the participation of ARTE France
Cast: Voices: Bar Misochnik ,Alla Shmaievich, Adi Sidlik, Noam Tal, Dana Cohen, Lotem Bartov, Gal Dornefeld, Mor Lavie
Script: Hani Dombe
Subtitles: English, Hebrew
Film Name in Hebrew: פלומות
Category: Aliyah / Animation / Borders and Periphery / Children and Youth / Ethnicity / Family / Immigration / Israeli Society / Old Age / Women
Tag Words: 1990s adolescence Aliyah birds body image Desert feathers former Soviet Union Immigration outskirts Russian wings
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