THE ACCIDENT

THE ACCIDENT

Director: Omri Dekel-Kadosh / Israel 2020

Genre: Docufiction

Category: Family / Personal point of view

Production: Omri Dekel-Kadosh, Yuval Gurevitz
Supported by The New Fund for Cinema and Television (NFCT) and The Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, Israel

Cast: Alma Zack, Moris Cohen, Solo Geva, Ethan Roznak, Ben Paz, Ty Tamir;
Omri Dekel Kadosh, Meir Kadosh, Ayelet Dekel, Onn Yosef Kadosh, Elay Kadosh, Elamar Kadosh

Language: Hebrew

Subtitles: English

Length: 30 minutes

This hybrid short film, in which the narrative act is preceded by a documentary one, follows an unusual family reunion. A divorced couple and four siblings embark on a drive to the heart of the Israeli desert, in search of the sight where they were all involved in a brutal car accident 15 years earlier. An accident that caused this family to fall apart.

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Festivals & Awards:

  • Académie des César's Nuits en Or 2022:
    * France/Paris – UGC Odéon
    * Italy/Ferrara - Scuola d'Arte Cinematografica Florestano Vancini
    * Spain/Madrid – Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de España
    * Luxembourg – La Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg
  • Gold Winner: The Robinson International Short Film competition, USA 2024
  • Best Director Award: Gula Jewish Film Festival, Israel 2023
  • Best Short Fiction Film: Israeli Academy Awards 2021
  • Promising Filmmaker Award: Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel 2020
  • HANIFF Hanoi International Film Festival, Vietnam 2022
  • Berlin Jewish Film Festival, Germany 2022
  • Copenhagen Jewish Film Festival, Denmark 2022
  • Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, Poland 2022
  • ZSIFI Jewish Israeli Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary 2022

Jerusalem Film Festival/Promising Filmmaker Award
Jury's justification:
"In this original and moving film, questions about individual and family redemption and the role of cinema as an instrument of redemption are treated in an entertaining and touching way."

 

Director's Statement:
Embarking on the creation of The Accident was a deeply personal and transformative journey for me. In this cinematic odyssey, I brought together my divorced parents and three younger siblings to the place where, 15 years ago, our family experienced both physical and metaphorical fractures. Drawing inspiration from the legacy of Iranian cinema, with influences from luminaries like Abbas Kiarostami, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, and Jafar Panahi, The Accident consciously blurs the conventional boundaries that separate documentary and narrative filmmaking. 

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