Backwards
Synopsis
At the outskirts of the Tel Aviv “bubble” a play is enacted nightly, with hundreds of work-seeking migrants and asylum seekers waiting to enter the Immigration Offices, their gateway to a better life. By midnight, hundreds of people have lined up, most of them Ukrainian. Most of them won’t get in anyway, and even the few that do will go through a procedure that doesn’t provide much chance of success.
Backwards encapsulates the refugee crisis into a single night: exhausted multitudes of people patiently persisting in their effort to begin a new life—as the rest of the
world sleeps.
Credits
Director(s)
Dana Gelman
Producer(s)
Efrat Cohen, Hilla Shitrit
Script
Dana Gelman
Cinematography
Dana Gelman
Editor
Dana Gelman
Original Language
Russian, Hebrew, English
Subtitles
English
Production Company
Gaudemaus Productions
Produced with the help of:
Rabinovich Foundation , The Israel Film Council, Ministry of Culture and Sport; Channel 8 HOT; The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television
Sound designer
Tomer Avraham, Dana Gelman
Broadcaster
Channel 8, HOT
Festival Highlights
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WINNER
Special Jury Award for Student DocumentaryIDFA2018
Astra Film Festival, Romania, DocSchool Competition, 2019
International Human Rights Film Festival, Albania, 2019
Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA, 2019
IDFA, Netherlands, 2018
Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, Israel, 2018
