SEVEN BLESSINGS – SHEVA BRAHOT
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Wednesday, 9 October 2024 - 00:00

Ayelet Menahemi (2023)
Comedy drama, 108 min, Israel
IN COMPETITION
V.O. Hebrew, S.T. English

Sponsored by
La Fondation pour l’Innovation Médicale Universelle (FIMU)
and
The Canadian Sephardi Federation


 WEBINAR   
Guest:
Raymonde Amsellem, Israeli actress and screenwriter, lead actress in the film "Seven Blessings" in the role of Marie
Speaker:
Joelle Weizman


Seven Blessings


The film takes you into an extended Moroccan Jewish family through seven festive meals to celebrate the wedding of an estranged sister. Each dinner reveals a little more of the secrets and lies that have weighed on the bride throughout her life, threaten her new marriage and tear the brothers and sisters apart.

AWARDS

Israeli Academy 2023

  • Ophir award for Best Film
  • Ophir award for Best Director: Ayelet Menahemi
  • Ophir award for Best Screenplay: Raymonde Amsellem and Eleanor Sela
  • Ophir award for Best Actress: Ayelet Menahemi
  • Ophir award for Best Supporting Actress: Tikva DayaB
  • Ophir award for Best Editing: Ayelet Menahemi
  • Ophir award for Best Costume Design: Shuki d’Inbal
  • Ophir award for Best Makeup: Orly Ronen
  • Ophir award for Best Casting: Orit Fouks Rotem
  • Ophir award for Best Soundtrack: Aviv Aldema and Michael Legum

PRESS REVIEW
(Please click on the links below)

“Sheva brachot” wins Ophir jackpot and will represent Israel at Oscars
The Times of Israel 2023

‘7 Blessings’ lead actor and writer tells behind-the-scenes …
The Times of Israel 2024

‘Seven Blessings’ tells the story of twisted family tradition
The Jerusalem Post 2023

“Seven Blessings is a comic drama, set in the early 90s in Jerusalem”
Jewish Film Festivals

“Sheva brachot”. An incredible Israeli film that honors Moroccan Judaism
IsraelValley

“Sheva Brachot”, big winner of the Ophir, on the way to the Oscars
i24News


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