Cinema Sabaya

Nominee
Bridging the Borders Award - Special Mention
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Nominee
FIPRESCI Prize ~ Best Foreign Language Film
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Understated, powerful...Rotem’s light, authentic touchmakes it an engaging journey...paint[s] a colorful picture of life as a woman in modern Israel.
-- Nikki Baughan, Screen Daily

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Cinema Sabaya

A group of Arab and Jewish women attend a video workshop at a small town community center run by Rona (Dana Ivgy, Zero Motivation), a young filmmaker from Tel Aviv, who teaches them to document their lives. As each student shares footage from her home life with the others, their beliefs and preconceptions are challenged and barriers are broken down. The group comes together as mothers, daughters, wives, and women living in a world designed to keep them apart, forming an empowering and lasting bond as they learn more about each other... and themselves. Inspired by writer-director Orit Fouks Rotem’s own experiences as a teacher, Cinema Sabaya presents a deft and heartfelt portrait of art’s capacity to unite disparate communities, moving effortlessly between the gravity of their conversations and the genuine joy of this unlikely group of friends.

Israel’s Official Submission to the 95th Academy Awards and winner of five Ophir Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress (Joanna Said).
Not Rated
Genre
Drama, Women and Film
Runtime
91
Language
Hebrew, Arabic
Director
Orit Fouks Rotem
Writer(s)
Orit Fouks Rotem
Awards:
Nominee, Bridging the Borders Award - Special Mention, Palm Springs International Film Festival
Nominee, FIPRESCI Prize ~ Best Foreign Language Film, Palm Springs International Film Festival

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