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- Logline
- Controversial Israeli human-rights lawyer Lea Tsemel fights for justice in a court system that discriminates against Palestinians.
- Talent
- TAL KANTOR
- Role of participant
- Animation Director
- Director
- Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Bellaïche
- Producer
- Home Made Docs
- Status
- finished
- Year of production
- 2019
- Running time
- 110 min
- Genre
- Documentary (Hybrid)
- Countries of Production
- Canada , Switzerland , Israel
- Production Companies
- PBS / POV (USA), HOT8, Film Option (Canada), lose Up Films, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, and SRG SSR (Switzerland)
Festivals and Awards
world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival
// World Cinema Documentary Competition
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
FIFDH Geneva
Hong Kong International Film Festival
CPH:DOX // NOMINEE Politiken Audience Award
It’s All True
Moscow International Film Festival
Hot Docs
Dok.Fest München
DocAviv
Krakow Film Festival
Biografilm Bologna
Sheffield Doc Fest
Human Rights Watch Film Festival // Opening Film
DocEdge Film Festival
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Stronger Than Fiction Film Festival
Dokufest Kosovo
Etat Generuax du Documentaire Lussas
March on Washington Film Festival // Closing Film
Aegean Docs // Opening Film
Irish Film Institute Documentary Festival
Reykjavik International Film Festival
San Francisco Arab Film Festival
Antenna Documentary Film Festival
Arabian Sights Film Festival Washington DC
Jewish International Film Festival Sydney/Melbourne
Film Festival Diritti Umani Lugano
IndieCork Film Festival
Festival de Libertés Brussels
Verzio International Human Rights Film Festival Budapest
UK Jewish Film Festival
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Philadelphia Film Festival
Milwaukee Film Festival
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival
Scottsdale International Film Festival
Vermont International Film Festival
UNAFF Stanford
Loft Film Festival
DocNYC // Winner’s Circle
Boston Jewish Film Festival
Other Israel Film Festival // Opening Film
MESA Film Festival
IDFA // Best of Fests
Human Rights Film Festival Zurich
Palm Spring International Film Festival
FIPADoc Biarritz
DocPoint Helsinki
HUMAN International Documentary Festival Oslo
ZagrebDox
DocsMX
Images De Justice
// World Cinema Documentary Competition
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
FIFDH Geneva
Hong Kong International Film Festival
CPH:DOX // NOMINEE Politiken Audience Award
It’s All True
Moscow International Film Festival
Hot Docs
Dok.Fest München
DocAviv
Krakow Film Festival
Biografilm Bologna
Sheffield Doc Fest
Human Rights Watch Film Festival // Opening Film
DocEdge Film Festival
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Stronger Than Fiction Film Festival
Dokufest Kosovo
Etat Generuax du Documentaire Lussas
March on Washington Film Festival // Closing Film
Aegean Docs // Opening Film
Irish Film Institute Documentary Festival
Reykjavik International Film Festival
San Francisco Arab Film Festival
Antenna Documentary Film Festival
Arabian Sights Film Festival Washington DC
Jewish International Film Festival Sydney/Melbourne
Film Festival Diritti Umani Lugano
IndieCork Film Festival
Festival de Libertés Brussels
Verzio International Human Rights Film Festival Budapest
UK Jewish Film Festival
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Philadelphia Film Festival
Milwaukee Film Festival
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival
Scottsdale International Film Festival
Vermont International Film Festival
UNAFF Stanford
Loft Film Festival
DocNYC // Winner’s Circle
Boston Jewish Film Festival
Other Israel Film Festival // Opening Film
MESA Film Festival
IDFA // Best of Fests
Human Rights Film Festival Zurich
Palm Spring International Film Festival
FIPADoc Biarritz
DocPoint Helsinki
HUMAN International Documentary Festival Oslo
ZagrebDox
DocsMX
Images De Justice