Estonian premiere

Valeria Is Getting Married

Local title
Valeria läheb mehele
Title in Russian
Валерия выходит замуж
Original title
Valeria Mithatenet
Director
Michal Vinik
Country
Israel, Ukraine
Year
2022
Programme
Main programme of Kinoff, Best of Festivals, In Focus: Israel
Genre
drama
Subject
interpersonal relationships, migration

Against expectations, two sisters must each make a decision for themselves
Valeria, a young Ukrainian woman, arrives in Israel to meet her future husband, for an arranged marriage brokered online. She joins Christina, who has been living in Israel for some time and met her own husband through a similar arrangement. Christina is happy with her new life and wants the same for her sister, but over the course of the day doubts begin to appear.

With razor-sharp dialogues, director Michal Vinik stages a chamber play that is as entertaining as it is dramaturgically sophisticated. "Valeria Is Getting Married" premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for nine Israeli Film Academy Awards, winning the title of Best Screenplay.

Director
Michal Vinik
Screenwriter
Michal Vinik
Cast
Lena Fraifeld, Dasha Tvoronovich, Yaakov Zada Daniel
Producer
Ayelet Kait, Amir Harel, Anna Yatsenko, Vladimir Yatsenko
DoP
Guy Raz
Editor
Maya Kenig
Composer
Daphna Keenan
Production
Lama Films, ForeFilms
World sales
m-appeal
Runtime
Language
Hebrew, English, Russian
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
Venice, Toronto

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Screenings

Hall 1 Kino Artis
Screening031501 / Valeria läheb mehele
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
8th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening120602 / Valeria läheb mehele
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsAyelet Kait (Producer)
Q&A duration
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2nd Hall Apollo Kino Astri
Screening163203 / Valeria läheb mehele
SubtitlesEnglish
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