30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: Beyond the Childhood Horizon

Sand Flakes (2022) 13

Israel | 2022 | 90 min.

David, a sensitive, creative teenager, lives in Southern Israel with his ill mother, his father who gave up his dreams, and his young brother. He discovers an online writing forum and starts publishing his family stories under the fake identity of the rich kid "Nadav". As he gets entangled in his lies, he is afraid of losing his new forum friends and being exposed by his family. The situation undermines the delicate fabric of the family.

CountryIsrael
Year2022
Duration90 min
Rating13
LanguageHebrew
SubtitleCzech, English
Directed by Gitit Kabiri, Yahel Kabiri
Screenplay Gitit Kabiri
Director of Photography Boaz Yehonatan Yaakov
Music Shai Maestro
Edited by Ayelet Ofarim, Yoni Cohen
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Biography

Screenwriters and directors from Israel. Gitit dealt with documentaries and writing. Her son Yahel studied filmmaking at Thelma Yellin and Tel Aviv University and made short films. Together they directed the drama Sand Flakes (2023), which is their feature debut.

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