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FATHER FATHER
by Jake Witzenfeld
SYNOPSIS
Khader and Aviv, a Muslim-Jewish gay couple, dream of starting a family. Amid the joy of pregnancy, the rise of far-right extremism and war propaganda, they are forced to confront a difficult question: What does it mean to bring a child into a world torn by conflict?
DETAILS
72 mins
2026
UK
Hebrew, Arabic, English
CREDITS
Director: Jake Witzenfeld
Producers: Kat Mansoor, Ruth Cats, Jake Witzenfeld
Executive Producers: Mark Reynolds, Bernie Kay
Co-Producers: Yuval Orr, Charlie Falconer, Emma Norton
Editor: Tami Liberman
Cinematography: Daria Geller, Jake Witzenfeld, Yan Yasinski, Michael Miroshnik, Khader Abu Seif, Aviv Agami
Original music by Tom Meira Armony
BIOGRAPHY
DIRECTOR - JAKE WITZENFELD
Jake Witzenfeld is a British producer-director. Father Father is a follow-up to his debut feature from 2015, Oriented, a coming-of-age story about the Muslim and Christian gay underground of Tel Aviv. The film premiered at Sheffield Doc Fest and was acquired by Netflix in 2016. Jake produced a scripted web-series, Confess, which won the Marseilles Web Fest in 2017. He has several long-standing documentary projects in-production, as well as a scripted drama series and stage play in-development. Jake is based in New York City.
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FESTIVAL DO RIO 2026〡UK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2026
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