Family

  • a film by Veronica Kedar
  • feature film
  • 104 min
  • 2017

In a perfect world, Lily would have grown up with a loving father, a caring mother, a sane sister, and a brother who wasn’t madly in love with her. But you can’t always get what you want… and Lily finds herself in her living room, staring at four dead bodies. Family is the perfect portrait of every family, if it’s taken in the dark.

Info
  • Genre

    • Thriller / Drama
  • Countries of Production

    • Germany / Israel
  • Language

    • Hebrew
  • World premiere

    • 15th July 2017 – Jerusalem FF, Israel
  • German cinema release

    • 30th November 2017
  • a production by

    • Pallas Film, Inosan Productions
  • with the support of

    • MDM – Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
  • World Sales

    • Inosan Productions
  • Distribution

    • Neue Visionen Filmverleih
Synopsis

In a perfect world, Lily would have grown up with a loving father, a caring mother, a sane sister and a brother who wasn’t madly in love with her… But you can’t always get what you want… and Lily finds herself in her living room, staring at four dead bodies.

She goes to her therapist after hours, to confess and make sense of this confusing day. But Lily’s therapist isn’t home. Her teenage, judgmental, insensitive daughter is. Lily finds herself once more, locked in a battle of wills for some serious adult attention.

„Family“ is the portrait of every family, if it’s being taken in the dark.

„There’s no way to deal with a broken home, but laugh about it or write it as bloody as possible. This film has been my vision for years, and I just would like to get it out of my system already. This film puts us on the side of a girl who must kill her family to be free. The only way this young photgrapher can finally get the family picture she’s been praying for, for years – is if she shoots them all dead first.“ – Veronica Kedar, director

Cast
  • Lily Brook

    • Veronica Kedar
  • Dad

    • Eli Danker
  • Mom

    • Evgenia Dodina
  • Smadar Brook

    • Hen Yanni
  • Adam Brook

    • Arie Hasfari
  • Talia

    • Tommy Baremboem
Crew
  • Written by

    • Veronica Kedar
  • Directed by

    • Veronica Kedar
  • Producers

    • Thanassis Karathanos, Moshe Danon
  • Director of photography

    • Christian Huck
  • Editor

    • Veronica Kedar
  • Set design

    • Yoel Herzberg, Tanja Arlt
  • Sound

    • Johannes Hampel
  • Sound Design

    • Claus Störmer
  • Costumes

    • Ofir Hazan
  • Make up

    • Hila Elkayam
  • Production Manager

    • Marc Wächter
Festivals
  • Israeli cinema day
  • Jerusalem IFF
  • Warsaw IFF
  • PÖFF-Tallinn Black Nights FF
  • B3 Biennial of the Moving Image, Germany
  • Utopia FF, Israel
  • Imagine FF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • ImagineIndia IFF, Madrid, Spain
  • Fantaspoa- Int. Fanatstic FF, Brazil
  • Raindance FF
  • MoMA-The Museum of Modern Art, US / screening & discussion
  • Beloit IFF, USA
  • Cinequest FF, San Jose, USA
  • Insólito Festival de Cine, Peru
Awards
  • Award for Best Original Score / Jerusalem FF
  • Post-Production Award / Haifa IFF
  • Best Screenplay / Jerusalem Int. Film Lab,
  • Awards for Best Director & Best Music / ImagineIndia IFF
  • Best Feature in der 'head trip' section at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, USA
  • Nominated for 3 Israeli Academy Awards ImagineIndia IFF 2018
  • Nominated for 4 awards (Best International Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography) at Raindance FF

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