The story of the Druze community in the Golan Heights—conquered in 1967 and annexed by Israel in 1981—is told through two characters from Majdal Shams: 19-year-old Aya, who dreams of joining Israel’s national hockey team and is willing to accept Israeli citizenship to achieve her goal, and her older uncle Ayoub, a journalist and farmer who identifies as Syrian and firmly rejects Israeli citizenship. Filmed overthe course of three years, the documentary explores the deep identity crisis of a lost community striving for a peaceful life on its ancestral land while caught in the grip of a turbulent fate.
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Udi Kalinsky Director · Irit Hod Director Michal Ranon Editor
First release July 23, 2025 · Produced in Israel · Languages Arabic, Hebrew
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PROVID Films & TV Productions
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Kan
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The New Fund for Cinema and TV
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Galilee Film Project
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Gesher Multicultural Film Fund
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Israel
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Original language
Hebrew
Spoken on screen
Arabic · Hebrew
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Israel · July 23, 2025
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