| Screening time | |
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| 29.02. / Wednesday, 13:00 - 15:00 Theatre 1 | |
| 03.03. / Saturday, 14:00 - 16:00 Theatre 2 |
In the heart of Tel Aviv, there is an exceptional school where children from forty-eight different countries and diverse backgrounds come together to learn.
In the heart of Tel Aviv, there is an exceptional school where children from forty-eight different countries and diverse backgrounds come together to learn. Many of the students arrive at Bialik-Rogozin School fleeing poverty, political adversity and even genocide. Here, no child is a stranger. 'Strangers No More' follows several students’ struggle to acclimate to life in a new land while slowly opening up to share their stories of hardship and tragedy. With tremendous effort and dedication, the school provides the support these children need to recover from their past. Together, the bond between teacher and student, and amongst the students themselves, enables them to create new lives in this exceptional community
Kirk Simon, Karen Goodman
Kirk Simon and Karen Goodman have made over twenty documentaries and won an Academy Award for ‘Strangers No More’. Their films have garnered four previous Oscar nominations and several Emmys. Their documentaries have been broadcast nationally on PBS, HBO, and MTV, and screened at festivals around the world including the New York Film Festival, Sundance, London, Berlin, Montreal and St. Petersburg. Both Simon and Goodman are active voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Strangers No More
USA
2010, 40', color, video
Directed by:
Kirk Simon, Karen Goodman
Cinematography:
Buddy Squires, Steve McCarthy
Edited by:
Nancy Baker
Producers:
Kirk Simon, Karen Goodman
Produced by:
Simon & Goodman Picture Company
Festivals & Awards:
Academy Awards 2011 - Best Documentary Short; Israel Film Festival 2011 - Audience Award; LA Jewish Film Festival 2011 - Best Documentary Short; Sacramento International Film Festival 2011 - Outstanding International Short Award
