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My Australia

Poland and Israel
Polish and Hebrew, English subtitles.
Director: Ami Drozd
96 min. Feature Drama

Tender and humorous. Young Tadekstreet smart, resilient and good-naturedsteals the show in an emotional but also comic portrait of a single mother in 1960s' Poland, who conceals her Jewish background while raising her two sons as Catholics. But when Tadek and his older brother are arrested for assaulting Jewish children, Halina reaches a breaking point and decides the family must emigrate to Israel. About coming of age in radically, shifting circumstances and Israel's, first generation of immigrant pioneers. Based on the personal experience of director and writer, Ami Drozd. Winner at Jersualem International Film Festival of the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Film.
Introduction by Menachem Szus