28 years ago Maseganio Tadela came to Israel from Ethiopia, he chooses fanatically to retain his original culture and hardly speaks Hebrew. Today he is 74, after losing his wife he is afraid, afraid of losing his identity, afraid of dying and afraid of being alone. Maseganio goes out on a journey through his childrens homes where he faces the harsh reality. He thought that he had passed on the Jewish Ethiopian culture and values, but he realizes that he belongs to a disappearing generation. After acknowledging the new reality, Maseganio decides to survive in his own ways.
✦ Amharic, Hebrew
✦ English Subtitles
✦ Best Leading Actor Golden Leopard Award, at the Canada International Film and Television Festival, November 2015
✦ Winner of the Anat Pirchi Award for Best Debut Film, Jerusalem Int'l Film Festival, Israel, 2014
✦ FIPRESCI - the International Federation of Film Critics Award, 2014
✦ BFI London International Film Festival
✦ Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival
✦ Africa International Film Festival
✦ Boston Jewish Film Festival
✦ UK Jewish Film Festival
✦ Australia Jewish Film Festival
✦ Cinemed Montpellier IFF
✦ Film Africa London Film Festival
✦ Matatu International Film Festival
✦ FilmInitiativ Koeln- Filme aus Afrika
✦ San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
✦ Jewish Community Center Manhattan
✦ New York African Film Festival
✦ Jerusalem International Film Festival
✦ Cinema South IFF
✦ Israel Film Fund
✦ Avi-Chai foundation
✦ Gesher film-fund
✦ The Israeli cable & satellite council
✦ The pais council for art and culture
✦ Yes
✦ Israeli-Ethiopian co-production
✦ Go2films
✦ Restless Global
✦ Indiepix
