The film depicts a man, devoted to a life of study and worship, who hopes to impart his faith to his young son. It is a journey to the innermost world of the believer as he comes face to face with the still silence of God.


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My Father My Lord

A Film by: David Volach

(Israel, 2007, 73 Minutes, Color, Hebrew, English subtitles, Cast: Assi Dayan, Sharon Hacohen Bar,        Ilan Grif)

Israeli director David Volach’s chamber drama My Father, My Lord provides an intense character study  of a rabbi in an Orthodox neighborhood, whose letter-of-the-law application of Talmudic tenets takes    an exacting toll on his life. He must thus grapple with the conflicting demands of his belief system      and his familial obligations to his wife and child.

FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS

   Winner of Tribeca Film Festival 2007 Top Award

   Winner of Taormina Film Festival 2007 Best Director

• Festival of Asian & Arab Cinema 2007
• Melbourne International Film Festival 2007
• Copenhagen International Film Festival 2007
• Filmfest Hamburg 2007, Germany
• Boston Jewish Film Festival 2007
• Rutgers New Jersey Jewish Film Festival
• Tbilisi International Film Festival 2007
• Burns Film Center, NY
• Rockland Jewish Film Festival, NY
• UK Jewish Film Festival
• Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival
• Boston Jewish Film Festival
• Contra Costa Jewish Film Festival, USA
• Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
• Rome Israeli Film Festival
• Miami Jewish Film Festival
• Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival
• Austin Jewish Film Festival, USA
• San Antonio Jewish Film Festival
• New Jersey Jewish Film Festival
• Washington Jewish Film Festival
• Berlin Jewish Film Festival
• Israeli Film Festival in Brazil
• Toronto Jewish Film Festival
• Berlin Jewish Film Festival
• Cleveland Jewish Film Festival
• San Jose Jewish Film Festival
• Cleveland Jewish Film Festival
• San Diego Jewish Film Festival
• Peninsula Jewish Film Festival
• Allentown Jewish Film Series
• Chicago Israeli Film Festival
• Boston Jewish Film Festival
• Australia Jewish Film Festival
• Seoul Family Film Festival
• Calgary Jewish Film Festival
• Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival
• Copenhagen Jewish Film Festival
• Tucson Jewish Film Festival
• SinFronteras Film Festival, Medellin
• Stockholm Jewish Film Festival
• Temple Emanuel, Dallas
• Basel Israeli Film Series
• Staten Island JCC
• Festiwal Polskich Filmow
• Buenos Aires JFF
• Green Road Synagogue
• PKF Rome 2014