CHILDREN

YELADIM

By Ada USHPIZ

CINEPHIL - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2020

Pawns in a life they did not choose, forced to become adults before their time. The emotional, mental and political world of Palestinian girls. Meet the third generation of the occupation.

Festivals
& Awards

Dok Leipzig 2020
International Competition
Jerusalem FF 2020
Best Israeli Documentary
Docpoint Helsinki 2021
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • ISRAEL
    • Languages
    • ARABIC, HEBREW, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 128 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ada USHPIZ
    • Synopsis
    • Meet the third generation of the occupation, they’re feisty and political, but also childish (or teen-terrible) and funky. Pawns in a life they did not choose, forced to become adults before their time, hundreds are in prison with very little judicial support. Children opens a door into Palestinian families whose children are in the forefront of the resistance in an attempt to protect their freedom.