28th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
5 MARCH → 15 MARCH 2026
PROGRAMME SECTIONS: Views of the World

Israel 2006 123 Betacam Color
Chin left her daughter in China and came to Israel to make a living. She cleaned Ehud’s house, and they fell in love. Sasha never considered immigrating to Israel. But four years after his wife left Russia with their daughter, he left a thriving business behind only to find himself in Tel Aviv’s worst neighborhood. Marisol grew up as a Jewish Princess in Lima Peru and came to Israel to learn something about life. An unexpected pregnancy alters her plans. These and other characters meet in a Hebrew language Ulpan where their personal stories meld with the complexities of Israeli reality.The immense effort of learning a new language is revealed through their encounter with a strange culture and an unfamiliar environment