Film
Women of Valor – Eshet Hail
Documentary Feature · 2021 · 76 min
Follows the courageous personal and political struggle of Esty Shushan, an Ultra-Orthodox woman who launches a grassroots movement to overturn a long-standing ban preventing Haredi women from running for the Israeli parliament (Knesset).
- Winner: Human Rights Award, Women's Voices Now Film Festival, 2024
- Winner: Best of Festival, Documentary Feature, Richmond International Film Festival, 2023
- Winner: Audience Award, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, 2023
- Nominee: Best Documentary Feature, Ophir Israeli Film and Television Academy Awards, 2022
- Producers
- Makor Fund, Gesher Fund, HoT8, Tal Barda and Na Productions
- Director
- Anna Somershaf
- Editor
- Tal Brog
- Writers
- Anna Somershaf and Tal Brog
Additional Awards & Screenings
- Official Greece Release Screening & European Premieres (2021)
- HOT8 National Television Broadcast Premieres (2021)
- San Diego Jewish Film Festival, 2024
- Cleveland Jewish Film Festival, 2023
- Jewish Film Festival of Southwest Florida, 2023
- Miami Jewish Film Festival, 2023
- Sacramento Jewish Film Festival, 2023
- SERET UK Israeli Film & TV Festival, 2023
- Spokane Jewish Cultural Film Festival, 2023
- Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, 2022
- Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival, 2022
- Israel Film Festival Los Angeles, 2022
- Rochester Jewish Film Festival, 2022
- Rutgers Jewish Film Festival, 2022
- Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival, 2022