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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 / Online Editor: Hector Barabi
Cast: Esmith Radah, Michael Afwerkee
Script: Meitar Farhat
Subtitles: Hebrew
Film Name in Hebrew: סופי
Category: Family / Human Rights / Immigration / International Stories / Women
Tag Words: airport assylum seekers Canada Eritrea Eritrean refugees refugees Sinai visa
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 / Online Editor: Hector Barabi
Cast: Esmith Radah, Michael Afwerkee
Script: Meitar Farhat
Subtitles: Hebrew
Film Name in Hebrew: סופי
Category: Family / Human Rights / Immigration / International Stories / Women
Tag Words: airport assylum seekers Canada Eritrea Eritrean refugees refugees Sinai visa
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