Facing the Wall
Aalam-Warqe Davidian
Surni, 14, wakes up to the first day without her love, Eli. She is in an Israeli absorption center. She keeps her eyes and ears closed, she won’t leave her bed, she just tries to shut out her new reality and pretend she never left Ethiopia.
Her family attempts to get her out of bed. As the hours go by, her mother, who was at first blind to Surni’s suffering, finds a way to reach out and helps her say goodbye to the world they left behind.
Directors: Aalam-Warqe Davidian
Script: Aalam-Warqe Davidian
Producers: Saar Yogev, Naomi Levari
Production company: Black Sheep Film Productions Ltd.
Editing: Margarita Balaklav
Filming: Daniel Miller
Actors : Tehlia Yeshayhu, Sapier Sanke, Shula Mola, Limor Groberman, Ayala Yatamr
Soundtrack: Shahaf Wagshal
Music : Ophir Leibovitch
26 minutes | Israel | 2016 | Amharic, Hebrew
- The New Fund for Cinema and Television
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