A Mirror for the Sun

Israeli Documentaries Competition

  • Archive - Festival 34
  • Director: Neta Ariel
  • Israel 2018
  • 60 minutes
  • Hebrew
  • Subtitles in English

Tamar Ariel grew up in a religious home in a moshav in southern Israel. Encouraged to follow her dreams, she did a two years voluntary National Service and then joined the IDF air force, where she served as the first-ever Jewish Orthodox combat navigator.

In 2014, wishing for new experiences after her military service, she traveled to Nepal. She reached the peak of the Annapurna mountain range with a group of Israeli and international hikers, only to encounter an unexpected snow storm. Tamar and her companions found themselves in a life and death struggle against the elements.

Feature-Length Debut


  • Director Neta Ariel
  • Production Avigail Sperber
  • Script Neta Ariel
  • Cinematography Amir Sheinbaum
  • Editing Adva Shushan
  • Music Amit Ben Atar
  • Sound Design Yuval Bar On, Jungle
  • Source Pardes Productions, Tel Aviv
  • Produced with support by Channel 10, New Fund for Cinema and Television (NFCT)