European premiere

Sand Flakes

Local title
Liivaterad
Original title
גרגירי חול
Director
Gitit Kabiri, Yahel Kabiri
Country
Israel
Year
2022
Programme
Children's Rights Programme
Genre
Drama
Subject
familial relationships, betrayal, disease

David, a sensitive, creative teenager, lives in Southern Israel with his ill mother, his father who gave up on his dreams, and his younger brother. He discovers an online writing forum and starts publishing his family stories under the fake identity of the rich kid “Nadav”. As he gets entangled in his lies, he is afraid of losing his new forum friends, and being exposed by his family. The situation undermines the delicate fabric of the family.

Age recommendation: 12+

Director
Gitit Kabiri, Yahel Kabiri
Screenwriter
Gitit Kabiri
Cast
Shani Cohen, Yossi Marshek, Ori Pfeffer, Lucy Aharish, Yonatan Lahav Weisberg, Shiraz Edri
Producer
Itai Tamir, Assaf Amir
Cinematographer
Boaz Yehonatan Yaakov
Composer
Shai Maestro
Sound
Michael Goorevich
Animation
Sariel Keslasi
Runtime
Language
Hebrew
Subtitles
Estonian, English

Screenings

1st Saku hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening051103 / Liivaterad
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
1st Saku hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening141103 / Liivaterad
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Q&A guestsYahel Kabiri (Director)
Q&A duration
Screening duration
8th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening170801 / Liivaterad
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
Trailer
Q&A with the filmmaker