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FILL THE VOID (Past Film)
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Completed - HEBREW - Drama - 90 minutes

Log Line

Shira, the youngest daughter of an Orthodox Hassidic family from Tel Aviv has to choose between her heart's wish and her family duty...

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2013 (Screening)
  • Sundance 2013 (Premiere)
Full history

Year of production : 2012

Director(s) : Rama BURSHTEIN
Writer(s) : Rama BURSHTEIN
Cast : Hadas YARON, Yiftach KLEIN, Irit SHELEG

Producer(s) : Assaf AMIR

Synopsis

FILL THE VOID tells the story of an Orthodox Hassidic family from Tel Aviv. Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream-come-true, and Shira feels prepared and excited.
On Purim, her twenty-eight-year-old sister, Esther, dies while giving birth to her first child. The pain and grief that overwhelm the family postpone Shira's promised match.
Everything changes when an offer is proposed to match Yochay - the late Esther's husband - to a widow from Belgium. Yochay feels it's too early, although he realizes that sooner or later he must seriously consider getting married again.
When the girls' mother finds out that Yochay may leave the country with her only grandchild, she proposes a match between Shira and the widower.
Shira will have to choose between her heart's wish and her family duty...

Production

Country(ies) : ISRAEL

ARGENTINA Oct 16, 2014 MIRADA DISTRIBU
AUSTRIA Sep 20, 2013 POLYFILM VERLEI
BELGIUM May 01, 2013 CINEMIEN (BELGI
DENMARK Oct 17, 2013 THE DANISH FILM
ITALY LUCKY RED
NETHERLAND Apr 04, 2013 CINEMIEN (NETHE
POLAND AP MANANA
SOUTH AFRI COMART FILMS
SPAIN Jul 25, 2014 SURTSEY FILMS
SWITZERLAN FILMCOOPI ZURIC
UNITED KIN CURZON CINEMAS
UNITED KIN CURZON ARTIFICI
UNITED KIN CURZON FILM WOR


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Festivals and Awards

BFI London FF 2012 Official Competition
Sao Paulo IFF 2012 New Directors Competition
Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2012 Forum
Palm Spring IFF 2013 - Best Foreign Language Film (Fipresci Prize)
Sundance Film Festival 2013 Spotlight


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