A Film by Dalit Kimor
(Israel, 2005, 59 Minutes, Color, Hebrew, English subtitles)


This is the story of eight Israeli Arab widows, all lacking vocational training, who decided one day to change their fate and to jointly open a "start up" -  a plant for high quality pickles.
As widows with no income, they are condemned to be lonely and to stay at home and raise their children on a meager Social Security allowance. If they remarry they will usually have to give up their children.  In response to their situation, they decide to join forces and open this plant for pickles.

Fatma, which was left with eight children, is the only one who drives a car - so she becomes the distributor. Samira, the one who speaks Hebrew, becomes the C.E.O. The eight women, who didn't know each other before, become a solid support group, and the plant becomes their second home.

The joyful women cut cauliflower and other vegetables at a great pace, and the company grows. They resolutely try to master the art of doing business, but as the months go by, the question as to whether the company will manage without a financial backer becomes increasingly pressing... Just as firmly as the widows decided to stop sitting at home doing nothing, they speak frankly about their private lives. In this way, the film provides insight into the closed community the women live in and reveals their sorrows and moments of joy


AWARDS & FESTIVALS 

 Crossroads Film Festival, Mississippi 2007- Best  Feature Documentary award 
 Dignity and Work Film Festival 2007, Poland
 Mediawave "Anorher Connection" Film Festival 2007, Hungary
 Cronograf Film Festival 2007, Moldova
 Israel Film Festival, New York - Los Angeles - Miami
 Message to Man International Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia
 IDFA (Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam), Netherlands 
 Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece
  Docaviv Film Festival, Israel
 Ukrainian International Documentary Film Festival , Ukrainia  
 Flahertiana Documentary Film Festival, Russia
 EIDF Film Festival, Korea – Honorable Mention Award
 Dani-Filma Film Festival, Bosnia
 St. John's International Women's Film Festival 2006, Canada
 Amsterdam Jewish Film festival
 The Second View Film Festival , Germany
 Zagreb Jewish Film Festival
 

TV SCREENINGS

 PBS national,  U.S.A including Canada
 DR1, Denmark
 EBS, Korea
 ITVS, USA
 MBC, Dubai
 RAI SAT, Italy
 RTE, Ireland
 SBS, Australia
 SVT, Sweden
 VPRO, Holland
 YLE, Finland
 Second Authority, Israel