RED FIELDS
a film by Keren Yedaya
World Premiere: Toronto International Film Festival 2019
Israel/Luxemburg/Deutschland // 93 min // color
Synopsis
Red Fields is a poetic and realistic adaptation of the rock opera Mami, written by Hillel Mittelpunkt, which first came on stage in the 80s before becoming a cult play. Mami works as the gas station cashier of a poor Israeli town, and plans a better future with her beloved husband Nissim for when he gets back from war. Everything changes when Nissim is brought home paralyzed. The young woman decides to rewrite her destiny by leaving for the big city, Tel Aviv.
| Written & Directed by | Keren Yedaya |
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| Based on the Musical | Mami by Hillel Mittelpunkt |
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| Camera | Laurent Brunet |
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| Editor | Sari Ezouz Berger |
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| Production Design | Victor Peretz |
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| Sound | Tully Chen, Shai Charles Sivan |
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| Music | Dudu Tassa, Nir Maimon, Yossi Mar-Haim |
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| With | Neta Elkayam, Dudu Tassa, Ami Abu, Eran Zur, Yuval Banai, Riki Gal, Riyad Sliman |
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| With the support of | Israel Film Fund, Film Fund Luxembourg, Hamburg Film Fund, Israeli Deferrals, Gesher Film Fund, Pais. |
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| Producers | Marek Rozenbaum, Michael Rozenbaum, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, Jonathan Rozenbaum |
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| Co-Producers | Bady Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Michael Eckelt |
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| Production | Transfax Film Production, AMOUR FOU Luxembourg, Rivafilm, United King Films |
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| Worldsales | Playtime |
Awards & Nominations
Best Camera @ Jerusalem Film Festival 2019
Best Music @ Jerusalem Film Festival 2019
Hamburger Producers Award for European Cinema Co-Productions
Festivals
Jerusalem Film Festival - August 2019
Toronto International Film Festival - September 2019
Hamburger Film Festival - October 2019
Luxembourg City Film Festival - March 2020