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New Land

Directed by: Orna Ben-Dor Niv
107 Minutes, 1994

Anna, 8 years old, and her older brother Jan, travel from war ravaged Europe to Israel after WWII.  Their only possessions are Anna’s soiled teddy bear and a tattered photo of their lost mother. As Anna wanders the refugee camp searching for her mother, who she hopes also escaped the Nazis, she meets all sorts of characters with painful and colorful stories of their own

Credits

Director: Orna Ben-Dor Niv

Producer: Chaim Shrir

Cast: Etti Anki

Cast: Guy Bracca

Cast: Ania Bukstein

Cast: Rami Danon

Cast: Michael Phelman

Cast: Shuli Rand

Cast: Rona Tamir

Cast: Asher Tzarfati

Writer: Kobi Niv