RECOGNITION - The War Inside Us

by Sharon Ryba-Kahn

    Synopsis

    After an absence of 12 years, a filmmaker is returning to Israel in search for answers. What starts as a personal journey, will turn into an intimate portrait of surprisingly different women in a war stricken land. Noga is a high school teenager who is eager to be accepted into the best unit of the Israeli army. Moran is a religious social worker who has chosen as a home town Sderot, which is under the threat of rockets. In this Israeli-Jewish town also lives Hanadi, a young Arab woman from the northern part of the country, fighting for her identity. From north to south, from past to present, the quest for answers creates an intimate portrait of women in a country at war.

    Festivals

    Prices/ Awards
    Bucharest Jewish Film Festival (2015) Nominated for Best Documentary
    SCENECS International Film Festival (2016) - Nominated for Best Documentary 
    Winner Bronze Palm Award Winner Best First time Filmmaker Mexico International Film Festival 
    Nominated for Best Foreign Language Documentary and Nominated for Best Foreign Language Documentary Director at Madrid International Film Festival 
    Nominated Jean Loup Passek Award at Filmes Do Homem Film Festival

    festivals among others
    Portobello Film Festival London (2015)
    Bucharest Jewish Film Festival (2015)
    Dokumentarfilmfest Kassel (2015)
    Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival (2015)
    Festival Film Dokumenter (Indonesia) (2015)
    Paul Spiegel Film Festival Düsseldorf (April 2016)
    Scenecs Debut Film Festival, Holland (April 2016)
    Cinema South Film Festival- June 6th 2016-  Cinematheque in Sderot (Israel)
    Pelerinage en Décalage Festival,- June 11th 2016- La Bellevilloise Paris (France)
    Madrid International Film Festival - July 3rd 2016
    Filmes Do Homem Melgaço -August 5th 2016- Portugal