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MY WAR HERO UNCLE

ELIFELET

By Shaked GOREN

RUTH FILMS - as SALES All rights, World

LGBT - Completed 2018

Ami was killed in the 1967 War. Fifty years after his death, a shocking truth is unveiled.

Jerusalem FF 2018

Winner of Van Leer Prize for the Best Director, Jerusalem Film Festival, 2018

Toronto Jewish Film Festival 2019

Winner of the 12th David A. Stein Memorial Award, given to the Best Documentary by Toronto Jewish Film Festival in Canada

- Year of production
- 2018
- Genres
- LGBT, First film, Documentary
- Countries
- ISRAEL
- Languages
- HEBREW
- Duration
- 60 mn
- Director(s)
- Shaked GOREN
- Producer(s)
- Amir HAREL (Lama Films), Ayelet KAIT (Lama Films)
- Synopsis
- "I decided to start sending letters… until my long-awaited release". Ami wrote these words at the age of 18, before he was killed in the 1967 War. Through stories, Memorial Day ceremonies, and his letters, Ami was always a present absence for his nephew Shaked, the film’s director. Following his grandmother’s declining health, Shaked applies to the Defense Ministry for nursing care. His claim is rejected. Their refusal leaves him confused. Fifty years after Ami’s death, a shocking truth is unveiled.