Streaming January 12-24, 2024
Digital Screening Room
Israel | 69 minutes | 2023
Where Are You Going
International Premiere
In this heartfelt Israeli film that explores the dynamics of a mother-son relationship, Halina Birenbaum, a Holocaust survivor and renowned author, is accompanied somewhat hesitantly by her son, Yakov Gilad, a celebrated Israeli songwriter, on her annual journey to Poland. While retracing her extraordinary survival story during a book signing tour, Yakov discovers new insights about his mother, the deep Jewish-Polish connection, and the reception of Holocaust survivors in Israel after the war.
Director's Bio
Jasmine Kainy is an Israeli filmmaker who has been nominated 11 times by the Israeli Academy Awards (Ophirs) and has directed more than 20 documentary films, series, and investigative docs. She is also a lecturer at Hebrew University and at the International Program at Reichman University.
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