Short
Drama
30 minutes
Russian
Israel
The year is 1991. The beginning of the massive Jewish immigration wave from the USSR to Israel. 12 years old Misha is documenting his family's journey on a home-video camera.
The already traumatic immigration experience is enhanced up to absurd proportions, when the family's old aunt dies on the plane just before they reach the land of their ancestors.
Now, the family will have to go through various levels of bureaucracy with an immigrating corpse…
CAST
Ola
OLA SCHUR SELEKTAR
Gera
GERA SANDLER
Aunt Rosa
ROSA LIFSHITZ
Guest Star
IRIT KAPLAN
Dead body processing clerk
EIGAL ADIKA
Jewish Burial Services clerk
HAY DAVIDOV
Polish Clerk
ANABELLA YAACOV
Avinoam
ALEXANDER SHTENDLER
Anatoli (Immigrant)
VITALI VOSKOBOINIKOV
Special Security Officer
ALEX GOLTSEKER
Jewish Agency Worker
ERNEST ARANOV
Doctor
DAVID MECKLBERG
Ethiopian Immigrant
MEIR DASSA
CREW
Writer & Director
LEON PRUDOVSKY
Producers:
HAIM MECKLBERG
ESTEE YACOV-MECKLBERG
DOP
ISRAEL (SERGEI) FREEDMAN
Editor
EVGENY RUMAN
Line Producer
ORIET ELA LEVI
Sound designer
MICHAEL GUREVITCH
Production Design
SHARON EAGLE
1st. Assistant director
PINI TAVGER
Sound
SLAVA FRENKLAKH
Custum Design
NATALI KANEVSKY
Hair & Make-Up
ILAN ZAKAY
With the suppot of "The Backyard Project":
THE RABINOVICH FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS - CINEMA PROJECT
GESHER MULTICULTURAL FILM FUND
THE SECOND AUTHORITY FOR TV & RADIO (CHANNEL 2)
Clermont-Ferrand ISFF 2013 - Youth Jury Award
Seoul International Drama Awards 2013 - Silver Bird
Golden Apricot - Yerevan IFF 2013 - Best Short Film
International Film Festival NancyLorraine - Grand Prix
Jameson Cinefest International Film Festival, Miscolk, Hungary – Best Short Film
NY Picture Start IFF 2013 – Best Short Film, Best Actress
New Jersey IFF 2013– Best Short Film
Tel Aviv SIFF 2013 - Best Independent Short
Panazorean IFF 2013 - Best Short Film, Audience Award, TV Acquisition Rights Award
Kaliber ISFF 35, Munich - Audience Award
Haifa IFF 2012 - Special Mention
17th Thai Short Film and Video Festival - Special Mention
Sao Paolo Short Film Festival - Audience Favorite
Vilnius Film Shorts2013 - Special Jury Mention
35e CINEMED, Montpellier, France - Cinecourts Award (CINE+)
La Cabina IFF,Spain - Best Script