''A.K.A Nadia'' ( he, נדיה - שם זמני, Nadia - Shem Zmani) is a 2015
Israeli film
Cinema of Israel ( he, קולנוע ישראלי, Kolnoa Yisraeli) refers to film production in Israel since its founding in 1948. Most Israeli films are produced in Hebrew, but there are productions in other languages such as Arabic and English ...
, a debut directing work by
Tova Ascher, a noted Israeli
film editor
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The film edit ...
. It is a story of a Palestinian woman Nadya, who spent most of her adult life pretending to be a Jew (Maya).
Plot summary
Nadya falls in love with a
PLO
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ar, منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية, ') is a Palestinian nationalist political and militant organization founded in 1964 with the initial purpose of establishing Arab unity and s ...
activist Nimmer and they marry secretly in London. Nimmer disappears, she is left without papers and support, and takes a job in a laundry. She manages to get a fake passport with the help of a laundry "customer #347", but the passport is for an Israeli Jew.
[Hannah Brown]
"Movie review: Nadia’s dilemma. A Palestinian woman lives life as a Jew in Tova Ascher’s new film"
''The Jerusalem Post
''The Jerusalem Post'' is a broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, founded in 1932 during the British Mandate of Palestine by Gershon Agron as ''The Palestine Post''. In 1950, it changed its name to ''The Jerusalem Post''. In 2004, the paper w ...
'', February 10, 2017
Fast forward 15 years, Nadya, now Maya, married to a government official, has become a successful choreographer. When her company is to perform a dance in collaboration with Arabs, she meets Nimmer, who is a member of the coordinating committee...
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Awards
The film was nominated for several awards and won two.
*2015: Israel Critics’ Forum Award for best feature film at the Jerusalem Film Festival
The Jerusalem Film Festival ( he, פסטיבל הקולנוע ירושלים, ar, مهرجان القدس السينمائي) is an international film festival held annually in Jerusalem, It was established in 1984 by the Director of the Jerusal ...
. Jury motivation: "...for a profound and articulate discussion of issues of identity and belonging to a place and a family. The director offers an intricate portrait of a reality that is grounded in separation walls, checkpoints and segregation. The film examines whether one can create oneself anew within a tragic political context, by presenting a fascinating, complex and touching human story."
'The Times of Israel
''The Times of Israel'' is an Israeli multi-language online newspaper that was launched in 2012. It was co-founded by Israeli journalist David Horovitz, who is also the founding editor, and American billionaire investor Seth Klarman. '', July 21, 2015
*2017: Micki Moore Award (to the Best Narrative Feature Film directed by a woman) at the
Toronto Jewish Film Festival
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The festival was founded in 1993. One of its founders, Helen Zukerman, is the f ...
See also
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Twist of Fate''
References
External links
*{{IMDb title, 3570012
טובה אשר - במאית מלידה an interview with detailed discussion of the creation of the film and film itself
Israeli drama films
Israeli–Palestinian conflict films
2015 films
2015 drama films
Films about identity theft