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Avner Faingulernt
IL DE CA 2024 124' 90' 52'
⚬ History ⚬ Human Interest
Three generations of women grapple with their family's legacy of the Holocaust, its affiliation with the Nazi regime, and their resistance. IT HAPPENED ON OUR GROUND is a sensitive exploration on guilt, memory, and the strength needed to heal.
Director | Avner Faingulernt |
Producer | Hagar Saad Shalom |
Production Company | Skene Border Films |
Co-Production Company | Filmoption International Canada, Neue Celloloid Fabrik |
Cinematography | Avner Faingulernt |
Editor | Lev Goltser, Avner Faingulernt |
Music | Jean Olivier Begin |
Sound | Yuri Priymenko |
The Dov Yudkovsky Award for Best Israeli Documentary Film | DocAviv 2024 |
Docaviv 2024 |
DOK.fest Munich 2025 |
Guanajuato FF 2021 |
Dokufest 2021 |
Tirana IFF 2021 |
IFI Doc Fest 2021 |
Revelation Perth IFF 2021 |
Melbourne IFF 2021 |
Zürich FF 2021 |
IDFA 2021 |
Viennale 2021 |
DocLisboa 2021 |
Dharamshala IFF 2021 |
Ji.hlava 2021 |
DOC NYC 2021 |
Mar Del Plata IFF 2021 |
Frames of Representation 2021 |
Singapore IFF 2021 |
Torino FF 2021 |
New Zealand IFF 2021 |
| Runtime | 124' 90' 52' |
| Spoken Languages | English, German, Hebrew |
| Production Countries | Israel, Germany, Canada |
Avner Faingulernt is a filmmaker and scholar, who lives in Netiv HaAsara, at the Gaza border. Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the HaKibbutzim College in Tel Aviv; founder and Chair Emeritus of the School of Audio and Visual Arts at Sapir College; initiator and founder of Cinema South international Film Festival at Sderot Cinematheque; guest lecturer at Columbia University in New York, FAMU film school in Prague, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Duke University USA; His Ph.D. dissertation at the University of East London presented a Lacanian reading of European cinematic odysseys.
Among his films: In the Desert – A Documentary Diptych, comprising Avidan’s Dream and Omar’s Dream (2018), awards for Best Cinematography and Best Director at the Doc Aviv 2018.
