A BORROWED IDENTITY

Gifted Eyad, a Palestinian Israeli boy, is given the chance to go to a prestigious Jewish boarding school in Jerusalem. As he desperately tries to fit in with his Jewish schoolmates and within Israeli society, Eyad develops a friendship with another outsider, Jonathan; a boy suffering from muscular dystrophy, and gradually becomes part of the home Jonathan shares with his mother, Edna (Yael Abecassis, Kadosh, Alila, To Live and Become). After falling in love with Naomi, a Jewish girl, he leaves school when their relationship is uncovered, and he discovers that he will have to sacrifice his identity in order to be accepted. Faced with a choice, Eyad will have to make a decision that will change his life forever.

Directed by Eran Riklis
Screenplay Sayed Kashua
Cast Tawfeek Barhom Yael Abecassis Michael Moshonov Ali Suliman Danielle Kitsis
Music Yonatan Riklis
Cinematography Michael Wiesweg
Editing Richard Marizy
Production Companies 2 Team Productions MACT Productions Heimatfilm United King Films
Jerusalem Film Festival
2014 | Opening Film / World Premiere
Locarno Film Festival
2014 | Piazza Grande
Nomination: Variety Piazza Grande Award
Telluride Film Festival
2014
BFI London Film Festival
2014
Festival du Film Français d’Helvétie (FFFH)
2014
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF)
2014
São Paulo International Film Festival
2014
Boulder International Film Festival
2015
Best Feature Film — Winner
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2015
Febiofest — Prague International Film Festival
2015
San Francisco International Film Festival
2015 | Global Visions
Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival
2015
Festival of Tolerance — Ljubljana
2015
Israeli Film Academy Awards
2014
Nomination: Best Actor — Tawfeek Barhom
Nomination: Best Supporting Actor — Michael Moshonov
Nomination: Best Art Direction — Yoel Herzberg
Nomination: Best Sound — Itzik Cohen

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