Zahra - Studio Darom Participants 2014
Synopsis
While Zahra "succeeded," she missed out on her family and widened the distance between herself and the southern town where she grew up. Her father, Zion, is dying of cancer, and she is called back to Israel to say goodbye to him. Faced with her father's condition, Zahra becomes filled with anger and frustration. Instead of cherishing his final days and supporting her family, she embarks on a journey of confrontation against one of Israel's most closely guarded secrets.
Meital Abekasis | Director
Director, born in 1979, grew up and matured in Dimona. She holds a BA in Film and Television Arts from the Film Department at Sapir College. Her film "White Walls" (2005) won awards at festivals in Israel and around the world, and is still considered one of the key milestones in the representation of Mizrahi women in Israeli cinema. Currently, she is a student pursuing an MA in Visual Anthropology at the Freie Universität in Berlin, Germany.
Jiries Copti | Producer
Holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from "Sami Shamoon" College of Engineering in Be'er Sheva, and a Master's degree in Business Administration from "Ono" Academic College in Kiryat Ono, specializing in Organizational Behavior.
Jiries worked for two years as a Quality Assurance Engineer at "Issa Khoury Metal Industries Ltd." In 2011, he began working in the film industry, primarily as a location manager and production manager. That same year, Jiries and his brother Tony founded Fresco, a production services company providing production and executive production services for films. Fresco provides production services for feature films, including foreign films shot in Israel, such as "The Attack" by Ziad Doueiri and "Giraffada" by Rani Massalha.