Fig Tree
14 year old Jewish Mina, is trying to navigate between a surreal routine dictated by the civil war in Ethiopia and her last days of youth with her Christian boyfriend Eli. When she discovers that her family is planning to immigrate to Israel and escape the war, she weaves an alternate plan in order to save Eli. But in times of war, plans tend to go wrong. Marsha's coming of age film debut film is based on her childhood memories of a civil-war-torn Ethiopia.
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Alamork Davidian Director · Arik Lahav-Leibovich Editor Danny Avshalom Production designer
United States release January 21, 2019 · Produced in Israel, Ethiopia · Languages Amharic, Hebrew
Production
Black Sheep Film Productions
Production
Av medien penrose
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En Compagnie des Lamas
Production
Israel · Ethiopia
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Languages
Original title
עץ תאנה
Original language
Amharic
Spoken on screen
Amharic · Hebrew
Release dates
Canada · September 8, 2018
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · January 21, 2019
New York Jewish Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
November 6, 2019 · Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival
Israel
September 27, 2018 · Premiere · Haifa Film Festival
Lithuania
March 21, 2019 · Vilnius International Film Festival
Mexico
October 11, 2019
Poland
November 15, 2018 · Warsaw Jewish Film Festival
Russia
June 27, 2019 · Premiere · Moscow Jewish Film Festival
Sweden
January 30, 2019 · Göteborg Film Festival
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