Dolphin Boy

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General Information
Israel, 2011 \| Documentary, 72 min. Directors: Dani Menkin and Yonatan Nir Producers: Judith Manassen Ramon, Dani Menkin and Yonatan Nir
Synopsis
Morad is an Israeli-Arab young man who has lost touch with reality as the result of severe physical abuse. As a last resort prior to hospitalization in a mental institute, his father, As'ad, takes him to the Red Sea, for rehabilitating treatment with dolphins. His condition has since improved dramatically; however, the process is not complete. Morad has exchanged his own identity with that of a beach-boy; he has a Jewish, soldier, girlfriend and has completely renounced his own past. This is the story of a father's struggle over his son's sanity, and about the dolphins as healers of the human soul. Review from the "F^2- Film-Forward" by Nora Lee Mandel Interview by Greenhouse and Euromed Audiovisual with director, Yonatan Nir
Awards & Festivals
Awards Nominated for the International Green Film Award at The Cinema for Peace Award Ceremony, Berlin Jury Mention Award, Jerusalem International Film Festival 2011 Festivals Documentary Edge Film Festival, New Zealand 2012 Zagrebdox International Film Festival 2012 Hotdocs International Film Festival 2011 Jerusalem International Film Festival 2011
Credits
Directors: Dani Menkin and Yonatan Nir Producer: Judith Manassen Ramon, : Dani Menkin and Yonatan Nir Produced with the help of: Arte and Chanel 4 Screenplay: Dani Menkin & Yonatan Nir Cinematographer: Yaron Levison, Yoav Kleinman, Yonatan Nir, Uri Ackerman Editor: Tali Halter Shenkar, Melanie Margalith Sound designer: Mickey Assa Original Language: Hebrew, Arabic and French Sutitles: Hebrew and English Go2Films reprsent the film for Festivals and Edcucational, exclulding North America


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