This documentary film follows Omar, Muhammad, and Yazan—three 12-year-old boys from Lod, an Israeli-Arab city just minutes from Tel Aviv—as they face pivotal challenges in their final year of elementary school. Omar struggles with his father’s mental illness, Yazan with the consequences of his violent behavior, and Muhammad with the looming separation from his beloved hometown and friends. When Ella, a 67-year-old Jewish immigrant from the former Soviet Union, opens a school choir, she creates a safe and imaginative space where the boys can escape the harsh realities outside and find a new way to survive and thrive.

Director: Tamara Mamon
Producer: Assaf Amir
Production: Norma Productions
Broadcaster: Yes
Cinematographer: May Abadi Grebler
Editor: Uriya Hertz
Sound designer: Shahaf Wagshall
Music: Ophir Leibovitch
Release Year: 2019