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Tomer Heymann & Barak Heymann
IL UK 2016 54' 86'
⚬ Human Interest ⚬ Queer
This Berlinale Panorama Audience Award winner provides a sensitive, humorous and charming record of a forty-something, HIV positive gay man, as he sets off to confront his estranged parents with their disagreements and fears. Acclaimed Heymann brothers crafted a highly accessible meta-documentary about the power home has, no matter how far we go.
Directors | Tomer Heymann & Barak Heymann |
Co-Director and Producer | Alexander Bodin Saphir |
Executive Producers | Ashley Luke, Lizzie Francke |
Production Company | Heymann Brothers Films |
Co-Production Company | Breaking Productions |
Cinematography | Itai Raziel |
Editor | Ron Omer |
Music | Eran Weitz |
Sound | Ronen Nagel |
Audience Award, Panorama Dokumente | Berlinale 2016 |
Audience Award | Krakow Film Festival 2016 |
Special Mention, CivilDOC Competitio | Cine-Doc Tbilisi 2016 |
Best Film | AICE Israeli FF Australia 2016 |
Audience Award | Hamburg Int. Queer Film Festival 2016 |
Audience Award | UK Jewish FF 2016 |
BOBIK Award, Best Documentary | Side by Side LGBT FF 2016 |
Grand Perfect Award For The Best Feature Documentary Film | Everybody's Perfect 2016 |
Audience Award | Watch Docs IFF Poland 2016 |
Best Documentary Feature | Trenton Film Festival 2017 |
James Solheim Award for Best Film | Trenton Film Festival 2017 |
Best Documentary Feature Film | Moscow Jewish FF 2017 |
Special Mention for Best Direction | Sole Luna Doc FF 2017 |
Best Documentary | LifeArt Festival 2017 |
Berlinale 2016 |
Budapest IDFF 2016 |
AFI Docs Washington 2016 |
IDFA 2016 |
Krakow FF 2016 |
Helsinki Intl Film Festival Love & Anarchy 2016 |
Chicago IFF 2016 |
London BFI FF 2016 |
UK Jewish FF 2016 |
Watch Docs IFF 2016 |
BFI Flare London LGBT FF 2016 |
Palm Springs IFF 2017 |
New York Jewish FF 2017 |
| Runtimes | 54' 86' |
| Spoken Languages | English, Hebrew |
| Production Countries | Israel, UK |
Since establishing the Heymann Brothers Films production company, Tomer Heymann (Israel, 1970) and Barak Heymann (Israel, 1976), have directed and produced over 20 documentary films and series, some as international co-productions. Tomer and Barak’s carefully selected cinematic projects offer a personalized perspective of the complicated political situation in Israel, and deal with issues of minorities and human rights, appealing both to the local and the international documentary markets.
Their films premiered in numerous festivals worldwide (such as BERLINALE, IDFA, LOS ANGELES INT'L FILM FESTIVAL, DOKLEIPZIG, BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL, SHEFFIELD and HOTDOCS), won prestigious awards and were theatrically released around the world. Several retrospectives have been dedicated to the Heymann Brothers in recent years – in New York, San Francisco, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Tel Aviv and Europe.
Tomer and Barak both teach in several film schools in Israel and are currently engaged in a number of ongoing international co-productions.
