SYNOPSIS
An aging film director is trying to make a new film. She struggles to find the support to get her project off the ground. This director is Michal Bat-Adam, the first female film director in Israel, who dared to try—and ultimately succeeded—in breaking into the closed, militaristic, and chauvinistic film industry in Israel during the 1970s."Hope I'm in the Frame" follows Bat-Adam’s shooting of her new low-budget film and intimately documents her and her husband, the Oscar winning film director Moshe Mizrahi, sharing the struggle to make films despite the establishment’s rejection.

The film raises questions about art, aging, love, partnership, and compassion.

AWARDS

• Israeli Academy (Ophir) Award for Best Documentary (Mid-Length) — 2017

• Jury Award, DocAviv International Film Festival — 2017

• First Award, Master of Art International Film Festival, Sofia — 2018

FESTIVALS (selected)

• DocAviv International Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel — 2017

• Syracuse International Film Festival, USA — 2017 (Opening Film)

• Los Angeles Israeli Film Festival, USA — 2017

• Master of Art International Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria — 2018

• Filmmor International Women’s Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey — 2018

• Chiayi Art Documentary Film Festival, Taiwan — 2018

• Shanghai TV International Festival, China — 2019

• Screening at the Consulate of Israel in Boston, USA — March 2021

The film was broadcast on Channel 8 (Israel).

CAST & CREW

• Director / Producer / Cinematography: Netalie Braun

• Editor: Gideon Latzman

• Music: Asher Goldschmidt

• Featuring: Michal Bat-Adam, Moshe Mizrahi

REVIEWS

• Shani Litman, Haaretz — “Hope I’m in the Frame” Is a Gift to Israeli Culture

SUPPORTED BY:

• Makor Foundation for Film and Television

• The Second Authority for Television and Radio (Israel)

• Pais Council for Culture and Arts (Mifal HaPais)