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
Soundtrack: Shahaf Wagshal
Music : Ophir Leibovitch
26 minutes | Israel | 2016 | Amharic, Hebrew
Produced by
- The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Festivals and awards
Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel, 2016 Best Short Film Award
TISFF, Israel, 2015 Best Short Film Award
Ophir Awards, 2016 Nominated for Best Short Feature Film
Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Canda, 2017