For My Children
Israel | 2002 | 65 minutes | Color | DVD | Hebrew/English | Subtitled | Order No. 03791
SYNOPSIS
-Deborah Kaufman
PRESS
"...[a] beautifully crafted documentary that weaves together personal, historical, and political strands to create a moving picture of one Israeli family's life before and since the onset of the second Intifadah. Their struggle and family history quietly but powerfully illuminate broader issues of identity, values, and the Jewish immigrant experience."
“… her most nuanced and complex film to date. By turning the camera on her own family…Aviad produces a sensitive and introspective film that sheds light onto life for leftist Israelis.”
SCREENING HIGHLIGHTS AND AWARDS
- San Francisco International Film Festival
- Boston Jewish Film Festival
- San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
- Munich International Documentary Film Festival
- Istanbul International Documentary Film Festival
- Cleveland International Film Festival
- Leipzig Documentary Film Festival
- INPUT 2003
- Washington Jewish Film Festival
- Buenos Aires Human Rights Film Festival
- Haifa International Film Festival
- Palestinian-Israeli Film Festival
- Museum of Modern Art, NY
- Visions du Reel Nyon International Film Festival
ABOUT FILMMAKER(S)
Michal Aviad was born in Jerusalem and studied literature, philosophy and cinema after graduating high school. During the 1980s she lived in San Francisco, where she started making films, and since returning to Israel in 1991, she has continued to write, direct and produce award-winning documentaries. Her films include: ACTING OUR AGE (1987, USA), THE WOMEN NEXT DOOR (1992, Israel), EVER SHOT ANYONE? (1995, Israel), JENNY & JENNY (1997, Israel), RAMLEH (2001, Israel), and FOR MY CHILDREN (2002, Israel). Aviad’s films examine the complex relationships between women’s issues and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, militarism, and ethnicity. In November 2019, Aviad was rewarded one of Israel’s most prestigious awards, the Landau Award for Arts and Sciences, endowed by Mifal HaPais Council for the Culture and Arts, which cited her as "one of the most important directors in the history of Israeli cinema." In addition to continuing to make films, Aviad is also a faculty member at Tel Aviv University’s Department of Film and Television where she works as a senior lecturer at the Department of Cinema and Television. (01/20)
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