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Esther, Emmanuel and Michal were born in Israel to migrant parents from Nigeria. In a moment of despair, they were torn away from their Israeli existence to a Nigerian reality, unable to continue their studies, living for a time on the streets. When Esther celebrated her eighteenth birthday she managed to return to Israel on her own. Israel is not the same home she remembered, but despite everything she is determined to reunite her family in Israel.
Festivals and Awards:
Director: Yakie Ayalon
Producer: Yakie Ayalon
Production Company: Ayalon Productions
Cinematographer: Ran Mendelson
Editor: Nohar Haseen
Soundtrack Editor: Erez Eyni Shavit
Original Soundtrack: Ophir Leibovitch
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema And Television, KAN 11 - Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
Musicians: Voices - Roni Claude
Colourist / Online Editor: Butke Color Studio
Visual Effects: METROPOLIS - Evgeny Hanukov
Script: Yakie Ayalon, Nohar Haseen
Subtitles: English, Hebrew
Film Name in Hebrew: ארץ עיר
Category: Family / Identity / Immigration / Israeli Society
Tag Words: Abuja Family foreign workers Immigration Lagos migrants Nigeria poverty Religion
Esther, Emmanuel and Michal were born in Israel to migrant parents from Nigeria. In a moment of despair, they were torn away from their Israeli existence to a Nigerian reality, unable to continue their studies, living for a time on the streets. When Esther celebrated her eighteenth birthday she managed to return to Israel on her own. Israel is not the same home she remembered, but despite everything she is determined to reunite her family in Israel.
Festivals and Awards:
Director: Yakie Ayalon
Producer: Yakie Ayalon
Production Company: Ayalon Productions
Cinematographer: Ran Mendelson
Editor: Nohar Haseen
Soundtrack Editor: Erez Eyni Shavit
Original Soundtrack: Ophir Leibovitch
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema And Television, KAN 11 - Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
Musicians: Voices - Roni Claude
Colourist / Online Editor: Butke Color Studio
Visual Effects: METROPOLIS - Evgeny Hanukov
Script: Yakie Ayalon, Nohar Haseen
Subtitles: English, Hebrew
Film Name in Hebrew: ארץ עיר
Category: Family / Identity / Immigration / Israeli Society
Tag Words: Abuja Family foreign workers Immigration Lagos migrants Nigeria poverty Religion
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