3-10 Sep ‘23
 
Rus

In His Place (2018)

In His Place
12+
  • Country:

    Israel

  • Duration:

    24 min

  • Program:

    Competition, 5th MJFF

  • Type:

    Narrative, Short

  • Genre:

    drama

  • Director:

    Ofir Feldman

  • Producer:

    Ilana Gold

  • Cast:

    Doraid Liddawi, Mohammad Bakri, Salwa Nakkari

About film

Omar is visiting his parents' house with the baby girl of his departed lover, Ma'ayan, a Jewish woman. The presence of the baby in his childhood home brings up old tensions between him and his parents and opens up Omar's wounds.

Rewards and nominations

  • The Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival 2018 - Official Selection
  • Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival 2018 - Official Selection
  • Other Israel Film Festival 2018 - Official Selection
  • The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage 2018 - Official Selection
  • International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy 2018 - Official Selection

Director

Ofir Feldman
Filmmaker and artist. BA in Arts from the Accademia di belle arti in Rome. MFA in Filmmaking from Tel Aviv University. His shorts were screened at Channel 8 HOT, BFI Flare London, Cinequest, TLV Student Film Festival, Beijing Student Film Festival, Camerimage Poland, Bermuda International Film Festival and more. His short "In His Place" won The Short Film Competition at The Jewish Film Festival Jerusalem (2018). His short documentary "We, People of Siemensstadt" will be premiered at the DocAviv Film Festival on May 2019.

Trailer

Director

Ofir Feldman
Filmmaker and artist. BA in Arts from the Accademia di belle arti in Rome. MFA in Filmmaking from Tel Aviv University. His shorts were screened at Channel 8 HOT, BFI Flare London, Cinequest, TLV Student Film Festival, Beijing Student Film Festival, Camerimage Poland, Bermuda International Film Festival and more. His short "In His Place" won The Short Film Competition at The Jewish Film Festival Jerusalem (2018). His short documentary "We, People of Siemensstadt" will be premiered at the DocAviv Film Festival on May 2019.