''Campfire'' ( he, מדורת השבט, Medurat Ha-Shevet, ) is a 2004 Israeli film written and directed by

Joseph Cedar Yossef (Joseph) Cedar (Hebrew: יוסף סידר; born August 31, 1968) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter. Biography Cedar was born to an Orthodox Jewish family in New York City. His father is biochemist Howard Cedar. When Joseph was ...

. Set in 1981, the film focuses on a woman seeking to join an Israeli settlement on the

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

, despite the protests of her teenage daughters. The film premiered at the

54th Berlin International Film Festival The 54th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5–15 February 2004. The festival opened with out of competition film '' Cold Mountain'' by Anthony Minghella. '' 25 Degrees in Winter'' by Stéphane Vuillet served as the closing ...

in February 2004. The film won five Israeli Academy Awards and was Israel's official submission for the

77th Academy Awards The 77th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on February 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During t ...

in the Best Foreign Language Film category (but did not get a nomination). The film was well received in Israel, the United States, and in international film festivals.Tugend, Tom.
"Religious Tensions Spark ‘Campfire.’"
''Jewish Journal''. 4 November 2004. 31 May 2016.

Synopsis

The story of a young widow, mother of two beautiful teenage daughters, who wants to join the founding group of a new settlement of religious Jews in the

, but first must convince the acceptance committee that she is worthy. Things get complicated when the younger daughter is sexually abused by boys from her youth movement.

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Campfire-Medurat Hashevet
2004 films 2004 drama films 2000s Hebrew-language films Films about Jews and Judaism Films directed by Joseph Cedar Israeli drama films Films about Orthodox and Hasidic Jews {{Israel-film-stub