THE FLAT

HADIRA

By Arnon GOLDFINGER

RUTH FILMS - as SALES All rights, World

Historical - Completed 2011


Festivals
& Awards

EIDF South Korea International Documentary Film Festival 2013
Hamptons International Film Festival, 2013
Antenna International Film Festival 2013
Berlinale 2013
Tribeca International Film Festival 2013
Best Editing Award
IDOCS 2016
    • Year of production
    • 2011
    • Genres
    • Historical, Jewish, Documentary
    • Countries
    • ISRAEL, GERMANY
    • Duration
    • 97 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Arnon GOLDFINGER
    • Producer(s)
    • Thomas KUFUS (ZERO ONE FILM GMBH), Arnon GOLDFINGER
    • Synopsis
    • The flat on the third floor of a Bauhaus building in Tel Aviv was where my grandparents lived since they immigrated to Palestine in the 1930's. Were it not for the view from the windows, one might have thought that the flat was in Berlin. When my grandmother passed away at the age of 98 we were called to the flat to clear out what was left. Objects, pictures, letters and documents awaited us, revealing traces of a troubled and unknown past.

      The film which begins with the emptying out of a flat develops into a riveting adventure, involving unexpected national interests, a friendship that crosses enemy lines, and deeply repressed...