TEACHER IRENA
DOCUMENTARY | ISRAEL | 2010 | 52 MINUTES
A film by Itamar Chen
World Premiere
In the toughest neighborhood in Jerusalem – a place of unemployment, despair & racial tension, where children lose their expectations from life, stands one teacher who has sworne not to give up on them. Irene, who left Russia for Israel 15 years ago, does whatever she can, using unique & controversial teaching methods, retrieving hope to their lives.
Production Company Black Sheep Film Productions,
Producers Saar Yogev, Naomi Levari
Production Manager Ra’anan Gershoni
Cinematographer Yossi Aviram
Editor Arik Lahav Leibovitz
Sound Recordist Yishai Ilan, Oleg Kaiserman,
Alfred Tesler
Sound Designer Gil Toren
Music Ronnie Reshef
Festivals & Awards
DocAviv IFF 2010 – Opening film
WINNER Best Editing Award – DocAviv IFF 2010 (Israel)
WINNER Grand Prize – Parnu Film Festival (Estonia)
Israeli Academy Award Nominee
Zagreb Jewish Film Festival 2011
FILMISRAEL AMSTERDAM 2011
New York Israeli Film Festival 2011
Reel Israel Siegal College 2011
AICE - Australia 2011
Palo Alto JCC 2011
PKF Rome 2011
Winnipeg JFF CA 2012
PKF Venezia 2012
Zurich Israeli Doc Festival 2013
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