• Festival 42
  • Director: Shmuel Beru
  • Israel, Ethiopia 2026
  • 87 minutes
  • Amharic, Hebrew, Arabic
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

​In 1973, the Jewish community of the village of Gonderchomriam in Ethiopia is preparing for a dangerous journey on foot through Sudan to the Land of Israel. Yitzhak (58), an independent farmer and owner of a successful homestead, refuses to leave his hard-earned land and crops, to disconnect from the soil where he grew up, and to set off on a journey into the unknown. His stance leads to a fierce conflict with his wife Sarah (45), who is determined to hit the road with their three children. However, the family's entanglement in a blood feud forces Yitzhak to send Sarah and the children on the journey to Sudan en route to Israel, and to recalculate his life's path.

​Thus begins a grand family saga that becomes part of the heroic immigration story of Ethiopian Jews to Israel.


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  • Director Shmuel Beru
  • Production Shmuel Beru, Gil Roeh
  • Script Shmuel Beru
  • Cinematography Itzik Portal, Uri Acerman, Ran aviad, Yoram Milo
  • Editing Itzhak Tsehaic, Jonatan Amir, Amir Soler
  • Sound Design Natanel Zaindshet
  • Music Didi Erez
  • With Demoz Goshme
  • Casting Avenet Asefa
  • Source Leeyou Productions
  • Produced with support by Avi Chai Foundation, Ministry of Culture, Rabinovich Foundation

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