Last week two Israeli movies “Anna” and “Week and one day” got their prizes on Cannes Film Festival that finished last Sunday.
I congratulate Israeli filmmakers and wish them further victories!
Movie “Anna”, directed by Or Sinay, tells a story of a divorced woman, who have chosen her son and the center of her life. Movie took first prize in the contest of student films as part of the festival. Now Or Sinay has the opportunity to present his full length movie on the Festival in Cannes in the future.
Work of the other Israelis director Asaf Polonsky – “Week and one day” – got the prize from the Week of movie critics. Author himself got the prize of 20 thousand US dollars. Movie tells a story of a family couple, that in a different way try to go through the death of their son.
The next event I’d like to share with you – is the movie of Ukrainian director Ahtem Sejtablaiev “Her Heart”, that tells a tragic story of Crimean Tatar girl, who saved 88 Jewish children from death.
Movie is based on the real events, and the prototype of the main character became a simple kindergarten teacher from Bakhchisarai – Sayide Arifova. During the World War the Second, to save Jewish children, she gave them Tatar names, learned them to talk like Crimean Tatars and even taught them how to pray as per Muslim tradition. Sayide was tortured, to find out the truth about children origin, and children were given special exam for “nationality”. But it was not the end of the story: when Red Army came to Crimea, Sayide had to save the children for a second time, but now against deportation. Sayide herself was deported as hundreds thousands of her compatriots.
This tragic story one more time proves how close are the fates of our nations. Now film director Ahtem Sejtabkaiev looks for proofs form the witnesses of that events, for Israeli Yad Vashem to recognize Sayede Arifova as the righteous of the world.
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