Hotline
Synopsis
The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, a small Tel Aviv based NGO, works around the clock. The activists give the refugees and migrants legal advice, help them deal with government bureaucracy and promote public campaigns for their cause. They are fighting an uphill battle against both the rising xenophobia and the authorities which tend to treat the asylum seekers as criminal offenders.
Credits
Director(s)
Silvina Landsmann
Producer(s)
Silvina Landsmann & Pierre-Olivier Bardet
Script
Silvina Landsmann
Cinematography
Silvina Landsmann
Editor
Silvina Landsmann & Gil Schnaiderovich
Original Language
Hebrew, English, French
Subtitles
English, Italian, German, French, Spanish
Produced with the help of
Cinema project - Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts
Direct sound
Guy Barkay
Sound design
Yossi Apelbaum
Festival Highlights
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Winner
The Van Leer Award for Best Documentary FilmJerusalem International Film Festival2015
One World International Film Festival , Czech Republic, 2016
Santa Barbara International Film Festival , USA, 2016
Pitigliani Kolnoa Festival, Italy, 2015
Doclisboa, Portugal, 2015
Viennale, Austria, 2015
International Images Film Festival for Women, Zimbabwe, 2015
BAFICI, Argentina, 2015
Biografilm Film Festival, Italy, 2015
Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2015
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong, 2015
Berlin International Film Festival, Germany, Forum, 2015
Reviews
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Coolly executed, but intensely charged in political terms, Silvina Landsmann’s documentary Hotline is not merely revealing but downright shocking in what it conveys about Israel’s policies on outsiders. Jonathan Romney, Screen Daily
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Both disturbing and moving. Deutsche Welle
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Landsmann offers up an insightful glimpse into a seldom-seen side of local Israeli life. Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
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An indictment against the Israeli politics towards refugees. A Journey into the Mind of X
