KIKI

By Natan RUSHANSKY

DAROMA PRODUCTIONS - as PROD

First film - Completed 2023

14-year-old Kiki is sentenced to juvenile prison for violence and drug offenses. His sister, Gal convinces the authorities to give him one last chance: a therapeutic trip in the desert.

Festivals
& Awards

DocAviv 2023
Beyond the Frame
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • First film, Documentary
    • Countries
    • ISRAEL
    • Languages
    • HEBREW
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 61 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Natan RUSHANSKY
    • Producer(s)
    • Haggai ARAD (DAROMA PRODUCTIONS), Aharon PEER (DAROMA PRODUCTIONS), Elad PELEG (DAROMA PRODUCTIONS)
    • Synopsis
    • After Kiki was expelled from every possible framework for youth-at-risk, and now faces criminal charges for drug trafficking and violence. He is about to enter a youth prison by court order. Gal his sister, manages to convince the authorities to give Kiki one last chance. Thanks to her work as a caregiver on a program for youth-at-risk which offers experiential, therapeutic field trips, in the desert, she can offer him an opportunity to grow and to develop.
      Gal, who lost her mother at the age of 19, took on the role of a substitute mother for Kiki from a young age. She is in conflict with her father and her stepmother and is caught between her desire to take responsibility for her brother on the one hand, and the desire to run away from the family herself.
      The film follows Kiki's journey with his sister and her friends, the guides in the desert. A central theme is the conflict between Kiki's attraction to the world of crime, and the attempt to save him from prison and the underworld. Unlike all the previous attempts to rehabilitate Kiki, this time, the adults, and role-models in charge are more flexible and are determined to succeed where all others have failed.