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Facing The Wall Anchor
FACING THE WALL
Short Israel 2016
Written and Directed by
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Produced by
Cast
DOP
Editor
Line Prodcuer
Sound Designer
Original Score
Aalam-Warqe Davidian
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Naomi Levari
Saar Yogev
Tehlia Yeshayahu, Sapir Sanke, Shula Mula
Daniel Miller
Margarita Balaklav
Stav Meron
Shahaf Wagshel
Ophir Leibowitz
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Sureni, 14, wakes up to her first morning in an Israeli absorption center. She keeps her eyes and ears closed. She won’t leave her bed. She does everything she can to shut out her new reality and pretend she never left Ethiopia. As the hours pass, and the light of day fades, Sureni's mother, at first blind to her daughter's suffering, finds a way to reach out and help Sureni say goodbye to the world they left behind.
WINNER Best Independent Short award - TLV Student IFF
WINNER Best Short Film - Jerusalem IFF 2016
WINNER Best Short Film - Festival De Cine Africano 2017
WINNER Best Director - San Diego JFF 2018
WINNER Best Short Film - Tarifa-Tangier AIFF 2017
Clermont-Ferrand FF 2017 (France)
Other Israel 2016
Palm Springs Short FF 2017 (USA)
Toronto International FF 2017 (Canada)
Toronto JFF 2017 (Canada)
Festival Olhares do Mediterrâneo 2017 (Portugal)
Flickers’ Rhode Island IFF 2017 (USA)
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival 2016 (USA)
Mashariki African FF 2017 (Rwanda)
Seret FF London 2017 (UK)
Rhode Island Flicker fest 2017 (USA)
Heartland Film Festival 2018 (USA)
San Diego Jewish Film Festival 2018 (USA
FESTIVALS
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