A Film by David Ofek, Ron Rotem, Elinor Kowarsky
(Israel, 2003, 76 Minutes, Color, Hebrew, English subtitles)
In June 2002, a bus on its way to Tiberius from Tel Aviv, was bombed.17 people were killed, 16 were identified. No. 17 wasn’t.
He was buried a few weeks later – anonymous.
The police stopped searching, believing that he must have been a foreign worker. This is where the filmmakers step in, documenting in real time over a period of six months the search for the identity of a man no one claimed missing.
The film takes the form of a detective investigation, but also pursues the stories of several people who were affected directly or indirectly, by this bombing, creating a tragic-comic portrait of a society living under the shadow of death.
When it seems that the investigation has reached a dead end a vague lead appears...
AWARDS & FESTIVALS
DocAviv 2003 - Best Feature Documentary & First Prize for Editing, 2003 Israeli Academy Award for Best Documentary, 2003 Chicago International Documentary Film Festival -
International Press Award, 2003 Hot Docs International Film Festival - Special Jury Award, 2004 Syracuse International Film Festival - Best Documentary, 2004 Anonimul Film Festival - Best Director, 2004 Zimbabwe Film Festival - Special Mention, 2004 AFO Film Festival - Best Documentary Award, 2004 “HaMotiv HaYehudi”, Poland - Special Jury Award, 2005 Input - Denmark, 2003 Amsterdam International Documentary Festival (IDFA) , 2003 Bangkok International Film Festival, 2004 Cinema du Reel, 2004 New directors / New Films - New York, 2004 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, 2004 International 1001 Documentary Film Festival, 2004 Fribourg Film Festival, 2004 One World - Prague, 2004 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, 2004 Chicago International Documentary Film Festival, 2004 Munich Documentary Film Festival, 2004 Silverdocs - Washington, 2004 Newport International film Festival, 2004 Berlin Jewish Film Festival, 2004 Amnesty Film Festival, 2004 Movie Eye Festival, Tver – Russia, 2004 Zagreb Film Festival, 2004 "Cronograf" International Documentary Festival, 2005
TV SCREENINGS
Channel 2, Israel VPRO, The Netherlands BBC – Storyville, U.K. Cannal +, Scandinavia SBS, Australia CBC – News World, Canada TV Catalonia, Spain Sundance Channel, USA France 5, France SIC, Portugal PTS, Taiwan UR, Sweden TSR, Switzerland NRK, Norway Planete, Poland
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DocAviv 2003 - Best Feature Documentary & First Prize for Editing, 2003