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Tikra
Yanesh (40) conducts the “buna” (coffee) ceremony at her home, an Ethiopian communal custom and she does it alone. As soon as Yosef (12) her son, intends to go out, she starts the regular sequence of actions to prevent him from going out, the reason this time being so that she won’t have to drink the coffee on her own.
Director: Asher Elias
Producer: Avishai Melson TzaghonStudio One
Production Company: Studio One
Cinematographer: Zamir Azmeraw Nega
Editor: Elad Davidivich Shikovich
Soundtrack Editor: Liav Bitan
Original Soundtrack: Nadav Haber
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Musicians: Nadav Haber
Colourist / Online Editor: RGB-Aharon Peer
Casting: Elsa Dawith
Cast: Nitai Beru, Amaresh Tsegai
Script: Asher Elias
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: תקרה
Category: Aliyah / Borders and Periphery / Children and Youth / Family / Identity / Immigration / Minorities / Women
Tag Words: Buna Ceremony coffee Ethiopian community lonliness mother-son relationship tradition
Yanesh (40) conducts the “buna” (coffee) ceremony at her home, an Ethiopian communal custom and she does it alone. As soon as Yosef (12) her son, intends to go out, she starts the regular sequence of actions to prevent him from going out, the reason this time being so that she won’t have to drink the coffee on her own.
Director: Asher Elias
Producer: Avishai Melson TzaghonStudio One
Production Company: Studio One
Cinematographer: Zamir Azmeraw Nega
Editor: Elad Davidivich Shikovich
Soundtrack Editor: Liav Bitan
Original Soundtrack: Nadav Haber
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Musicians: Nadav Haber
Colourist / Online Editor: RGB-Aharon Peer
Casting: Elsa Dawith
Cast: Nitai Beru, Amaresh Tsegai
Script: Asher Elias
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: תקרה
Category: Aliyah / Borders and Periphery / Children and Youth / Family / Identity / Immigration / Minorities / Women
Tag Words: Buna Ceremony coffee Ethiopian community lonliness mother-son relationship tradition
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