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To Cure Longing

  • Israel
  • Documentary
  • 2022
  • 65 min.
  • Director(s): Artyom Dubitski
  • Producer(s): Artyom Dubitski

Synopsis

A young immigrant’s inquiry into the life of his family in Russia and Ukraine before reaching Israel. The filmmaker is taken on a life changing journey that forces him to cope with transgenerational trauma, when at the age of 30, he travels along with his father to Russia to meet his grandmother for the first time. He himself handles the camera and directs the conversations in a subtle way, achieving moments of Chekhovian intensity.

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Credits

Director(s)

Artyom Dubitski

Producer(s)

Artyom Dubitski

Script

Artyom Dubitski

Cinematography

Artyom Dubitski

Editor

Artyom Dubitski

Original Music

Uzi Ramirez

Original Language

Hebrew, Ukrainian, Russian

Subtitles

English, Hebrew

Sound Designer

Jenia Los

Festival Highlights

  • WINNER

    Best Documentary Film
    Jerusalem Film Festival
    2022

Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel, Diamond Competition for Israeli Documentary Films, 2022

NAFA Ethnographic FIlm Festival, Denmark, 2023

Reviews

  • For its clear POV on a young immigrant’s inquiry into the life of his family in Russia and Ukraine before reaching Israel. The filmmaker himself handles the camera and directs the conversations in a subtle way, achieving moments of Chekhovian intensity.
    Jerusalem Film Festival Jury Motivation