The Jerusalem Dream

  • Israel, Ethiopia
  • Documentary
  • 2015
  • 52 min.
  • Director(s): Meni Elias
  • Producer(s): Micha Shagrir, Meni Elias

Synopsis

In the late 1970s, after thousands of years of longing and prayer for Jerusalem, the first Ethiopian Jews began to arrive in Israel. After 40 years, they open their closed hearts and tell of the loss and pain, of those who died of thirst, hunger and epidemics, in the refugee camps in Sudan. For those who left behind a whole life, just to fulfill a dream – to get to Jerusalem.

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Credits

Director(s)

Meni Elias

Producer(s)

Micha Shagrir, Meni Elias

Script

Meni Elias

Cinematography

Meni Elias

Editor

Tor Ben Mayor

Original Language

Hebrew, Amharic

Subtitles

Hebrew, English

Sound Design

Rotem Dror

Music

Koby Vitman

Festival Highlights

Paris Israeli Film Festival, France, 2017

Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, Poland, 2017

Docaviv Film Festival, Israel, 2016

International Ethnological Film Festival, Serbia, 2016

Sole Luna, Italy, 2016