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Sophie

Sophie

A family of Eritrean refugees gets a confirmation for their asylum request. A few minutes before their flight to Canada, the airport clerk tells them they can’t get on the plane because their baggage is overweight. Their emotional argument is the trigger that causes the mother of the family to leave her children and her husband and go all the way back home to find what she has lost.

Produced in the framework of “Short and Edgy 2018” in collaboration with the Lod Social Film Festival

 

Festivals and Awards:

Lod Social Film Festival, Israel, 2018

Director: Ziv Mamon

Producer: Dafna Danenberg, Aviram Avraham

Cinematographer: Omer Lotan

Editor: Shay Levy

Soundtrack Editor: Yael Gidon – Orca studio

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television

Colourist: Hector Barabi

Cast: Esmith Radah, Michael Afwerkee

Script: Meitar Farhat

Subtitles: Hebrew

Film Name in Hebrew: סופי

A family of Eritrean refugees gets a confirmation for their asylum request. A few minutes before their flight to Canada, the airport clerk tells them they can’t get on the plane because their baggage is overweight. Their emotional argument is the trigger that causes the mother of the family to leave her children and her husband and go all the way back home to find what she has lost.

Produced in the framework of “Short and Edgy 2018” in collaboration with the Lod Social Film Festival

 

Festivals and Awards:

Lod Social Film Festival, Israel, 2018

 
Sophie

Director: Ziv Mamon

Producer: Dafna Danenberg, Aviram Avraham

Cinematographer: Omer Lotan

Editor: Shay Levy

Soundtrack Editor: Yael Gidon – Orca studio

Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television

Colourist: Hector Barabi

Cast: Esmith Radah, Michael Afwerkee

Script: Meitar Farhat

Subtitles: Hebrew

Film Name in Hebrew: סופי

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