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    Awards

    - Doc Aviv Film Festival 2017 - Winner- Best Student Film at The Israeli Documentary Filmmakers forum Awards 2017 - Near Nazareth Festival 2017 - Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2018 - Ethnografilm Paris 2018 - The International Ethnographic Film Festival of Quebec 2018 - Thin Line International Documentary Film Festival 2018 - Sehsuechte International Film Festival- Potsdam, Germany- 2018 - German (Göttingen) International Ethnographic Film Festival 2018 - Moscow Jewish Film Festival 2018 - Selection SCENECS International Film Festival 2018

    Screenings

    Thin Line Documentary Film Festival
    Denton, Texas, USA
    Apr 21, 2018
    Ethnografilm
    paris, France
    Apr 06, 2018
    33rd Santa Barbara Film Festival
    Santa Barbara, USA
    Feb 07, 2018
    33rd Santa Barbara Film Festival
    Santa Barbara, USA
    Feb 06, 2018
    Doc Aviv film festival
    Tel Aviv, Israel
    May 11, 2017

    Credits

    Director, Producer, and Cinematographer: Adam Weingrod Editor: Katia Shepeliavaya Sound Design: Rotam Dror Color Design: Tomer Bahat Original Music: Adam Weingrod
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    The Island

    Directed By: Adam Weingrod (First Feature Film) / 60 Minutes
    Israel / 2017 / Hebrew, English, French, Arabic (English Subtitles)
    Documentary / Other
    Territory Rights: WORLD-WIDE
    Exhibition Format: DCP, Prores/QT

    Option for Live Appearance: Q&A
    Name of guest: Adam Weingrod
    Role of guest: Director / Producer

    Original Title: He'Ee

    Synopsis

    ‘The Island’ is an intimate glimpse into the rich human mosaic of terminally ill patients who end their lives inside the St. Louis French Hospital, run by nuns this historical building is situated on the tense border between East and West Jerusalem across from the walls of the Old City.

    The delicate portraits of patients and staff are crafted to convey the LIFE that pulsates within the hospital walls. Simon, a Tunisian Jew, decides that in the weeks remaining to him he will learn how to paint for the first time. David, an Italian monk who is one of the most beloved caretakers, confronts his own mortality. Yigal, a lifelong Jerusalemite, is sustained by his son’s promise to take him to hear his favorite piece of music – Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Jawaher, an East Jerusalem Muslim, spends her time painting the horrors of the outside world that she sees on TV. These are but a few of the captivating individuals portrayed through the camera’s moving encounters.

    The hospital windows look out on one of the most contentious areas in the world and there is strong dissonance between Jerusalem’s streets, with their ever-present possibility of erupting into violence, and the grace and compassion that fill the hospital.

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