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Independence Day 2008. Batchen, a 13-year-old girl, stands by the road begging for help. Inside their car her father is unconscious, surrounded by her three younger siblings. Many cars pass by, but only one Druze man stops. He performs CPR and stays until help arrives, then vanishes without a trace. Batchen’s father didn’t survive, and for 17 years, her family has lived in suffocating silence. Now a young woman, she sets out to find the man, believing he is the key to the healing of her entire family.
Festivals and Awards:
Docaviv Film Festival, Tel-Aviv Israel, 2026
Director: Batchen Kahalani
Producer: Batchen Kahalani
Production Company: Maaleh Film School in memory of Uri Elitzur
Cinematographer: Eliyahu Shaz
Editor: Noya Bashan
Soundtrack Editor: Baseline Sound Design
Original Soundtrack: Yehonatan Atarya
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Script: Batchen Kahalani
Research: Batchen Kahalani
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: האיש בשולי הכביש
Category: Children and Youth / Family / Health / Student Films / Trauma and Healing / Women
Tag Words: Ambulance CPR Druze Community Good Samaritan Healing Heart Failure Independence Day Paramedics trauma Trip
Independence Day 2008. Batchen, a 13-year-old girl, stands by the road begging for help. Inside their car her father is unconscious, surrounded by her three younger siblings. Many cars pass by, but only one Druze man stops. He performs CPR and stays until help arrives, then vanishes without a trace. Batchen’s father didn’t survive, and for 17 years, her family has lived in suffocating silence. Now a young woman, she sets out to find the man, believing he is the key to the healing of her entire family.
Festivals and Awards:
Docaviv Film Festival, Tel-Aviv Israel, 2026
Director: Batchen Kahalani
Producer: Batchen Kahalani
Production Company: Maaleh Film School in memory of Uri Elitzur
Cinematographer: Eliyahu Shaz
Editor: Noya Bashan
Soundtrack Editor: Baseline Sound Design
Original Soundtrack: Yehonatan Atarya
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Script: Batchen Kahalani
Research: Batchen Kahalani
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: האיש בשולי הכביש
Category: Children and Youth / Family / Health / Student Films / Trauma and Healing / Women
Tag Words: Ambulance CPR Druze Community Good Samaritan Healing Heart Failure Independence Day Paramedics trauma Trip
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