AN ORDINARY LIFE (2019)
55min Documentary
English, Hebrew, German and Tigrinya
Fadhumo and Helen are two refugees seeking sanctuary, one in Tel Aviv and one in Berlin, each coping with discrimination, otherness and a life away from home. The two close friends become social activists determined to assist women like themselves and to provide a better future for next generations. Efrat Shalom Danon and Gili Danon's documentary displays the contrasts between Israeli and German immigration policies, while shedding light on the two women's mutual fate: an unstable life controlled by government policy, always depending on human kindness, guided by the belief that despite everything, their dreams may still have a chance.
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Directed by: Efrat Shalom Danon and Gili Danon
Producers: Osnat Trabelsi, Efrat Shalom Danon and Gili Danon
Co Producer: Sorin Manu
Script by: Efrat Shalom Danon and Gili Danon
Director of Photography: Gili Danon
Editor: Gili Danon
Sound Design: Rotem Dror
Music by: Ellyott Eva Ben Ezer
Supported by: Makor Foundation, Saxony Cultural Foundation
Festivals
Awards
Imagine This Women's Film Festival
Directors cut international film festival
Jersey Shore Film Festival
Stockholm City Film Festival
Jerusalem Film Festival
Switzerland International Film Festival
Jersey Shore Film Festival
Fresco International Film Festival
International Immigration Festival, Turkey
International Changing Perspectives Film Festival
The Jewish International Film Festival in Brussels
FICMARC - Caribbean Sea International Film Festival 2020
Esto Es Para Esto - Mexico
Stockholm City Film Festival
SERET film festival - Berlin
Imagine This Women's Film Festival
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
Directors cut int'l film FESTIVAL - Canada