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The Artist’s Daughter

  • Israel
  • Documentary
  • 2022
  • 60 min.
  • Director(s): Margarita Linton, Yaniv Linton
  • Producer(s): Haim Mecklberg, Estee Yacov-Mecklberg, Tomer Mecklberg

Synopsis

She joins a guided tour of an exhibition by a famous painter. The man in the self-portraits is her father, but only a few people know that. She contacts the artist for the first time in a decade and shares her idea of making a film about their relationship, rekindled by his artwork. Excited, the artist sends her to film his exhibition. As the work on the film develops, she discovers that meeting the man behind the portraits is her real challenge. “The Artist’s Daughter” paints a bewildering, surprising portrait of a relationship that can only exist in cinema.

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Credits

Director(s)

Margarita Linton, Yaniv Linton

Producer(s)

Haim Mecklberg, Estee Yacov-Mecklberg, Tomer Mecklberg

Script

Margarita Linton

Cinematography

Yaniv Linton

Editor

Neta Dvorkis, Margarita Linton

Original Language

Hebrew, Russian

Subtitles

English, Hebrew

Produced with the help of

Yes Docu, The Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, The Israel Lottery Council For Culture & Arts

Festival Highlights

  • WINNER

    Best Debut Film Award
    Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival
    2022

  • WINNER

    Best Documentary Film (under 60 min) Award
    Israeli Academy Awards
    2022

  • WINNER

    Best Debut Film Award
    Israeli Documentary Forum Awards
    2022

  • WINNER

    Best Documentary Film
    Israeli Film Critics Association
    2022

  • WINNER

    Best Film on Art
    Asolo Art Film Festival
    2023

  • WINNER

    Jury Prize
    International Festival of Films on Art (Le FIFA)
    2024

Hot Docs, Canada, International Premiere, 2022

Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival, Israel, Official Selection, 2022

Rhodope International Film Festival, Bulgaria, Official Selection, 2023

Reviews

  • "A brilliant and powerful film."
    - Noa Limone, Ha'aretz
  • "The Artist's Daughter is a masterpiece in every sense of the word."
    - Yael Shuv, Time Out
  • "It might be the best film of the year so far."
    - Jonathan Zuria, Fisheye website
  • "A smart, humble, and fascinating film."
    - Ofer Libergal, Srita website
  • "One of the most impressive works of the past year."
    - Gili Izikovich, Ha'aretz
  • "The result of a courageous and original approach, this film bears witness to a rigorous sense of direction and a singular ability to artistically confront personal issues. For its ability to transform the portrait of an artist in his absence into a moving and pertinent self-portrait of a filmmaker who frees herself from a father figure as admired as he is harmful."
    - Le FIFA 2024 Jury Motivation for Jury Prize

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