Apples From The Desert

Apples From The Desert A Film by: Matti Harari & Arik Lubetzky (Israel, 2014, 96 min, Hebrew, English subtitles, Cast: Moran Rosenblatt, Shlomi Koriat, Remonde Amsellem, Elisha Banai, Irit Kaplan)

Rebecca Abarbanel lives in Jerusalem. She is the only daughter of an Orthodox Jewish family. Unhappy with her life, Rebecca becomes interested in the secular world. And then one day she runs away with a young man to a kibbutz in the desert.

FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
• Cherry Hill JFF 2016 - Audience Award Winner
• Palm Beach JFF 2016 - Audience Award Winner
• San Diego JFF 2015 - Special Jury Award Winner
• Atlanta JFF 2015 - Winner of Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
• Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema 2015 - BEVIE Award for Best Feature
• Cinquest Film Festival, San Jose 2015 - Global Vision Award Winner
• Haifa International Film Festival 2014
• Washington JFF 2015
• Broward County JFF 2015
• Philadelphia Israeli Film Festival 2015
• Temple Isaiah Film Festival Palm Springs 2015
• Harrisburg JFF 2015
• Tampa Bay JFF 2015
• Grand Rapids JFF 2015
• Paris Israeli FF 2015
• NIFF 2015
• Seret - London Israeli FF 2015
• JCC of Northern Virginia 2015
• Dallas 2015
• Australia JFF 2015
• Nice JFF 2015
• Santa Cruz JFF 2015
• Silicon Valley JFF 2015
• JCC of North Shore 2015
• Edmonton JFF 2015
• St. Louis JFF 2015
• Edmonton JFF 2015
• Miami JFF 2015
• Montreal Israeli FF 2015
• Berkshire JFF 2015
• Cincinnati JFF 2015
• Cleveland JFF 2015
• Stamford JFF 2015
• Milwaukee JFF 2015
• Long Beach JFF 2015
• Boston JFF 2015
• Marco Island JFF 2015
• York JFF 2015
• Calgary JFF 2015
• Palm Beach JFF 2015
• Central NJ JFF 2015
• Youngstown JFF 2015
• Columbus JFF 2015
• Rutgers JFF 2015
• Nashville JFF 2015
• Tulsa JFF 2015
• Fort Laudardle JFF 2015
• UK JFF 2015
• Zagreb JFF 2015
• Budapest JFF 2015
• South West Florida JFF 2015
• Nancy JFF 2015
• Las Vegas JFF 2016
• Boulder JFF 2016
• Mississippi JFF 2016
• East bay IJFF 2016
• Savannah JFF 2016
• Charlotte JFF 2015
• Bratislava JFF 2016
• Triad JFF 2016
• San Antonio JFF 2016
• Huston JFF 2016
• Memphis JFF 2016
• Athens JFF 2016
• Denver JFF 2016
• Central Mass JFF 2016
• Louisville JFF 2016
• Sarasota JFF 2016
• Yesh Zurich JFF 2016
• Greater Dayton JFF 2016
• Cherry Hill Volvo JFF 2016
• Rehobot Beach JFF 2016
• New Hampshire JFF 2016
• Detroit JFF 2016
• Windsor JFF 2016
• Greater Phoenix JFF 2016
• Ashville JFF 2016
• UK JFF in Montreal 2016
• Eastern Connecticut JFF 2016
• Jewish Arts Festival, Salt Lake City 2016
• Indianapolis JFF 2016
• JW3 Cinema, London 2016
• Rady JCC, Winnipeg 2016
• Congregation Beth Am 2016
• Halifax JFF 2016
• Copenhagen JFF 2016
• Columbia JFF 2016
• Northern NJ JFF 2016
• Vienna JFF 2016
• Tucson JFF 2016
• Reading Jewish Film Series 2016
• Michigan Israeli FF 2016
• Sonoma County JFF 2016
• Toronto Jewish Film Society 2017
• Franklin and Marshall College 2017
• Quad Cities JFF 2017
• Congregation Beth El, MD 2019
• Dusseldorf JFF 2019
• Israeli American Council, 2020
• Montreal Israeli FF, 2020
• JCC of Schenectady

LINKS AND PRESS
http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2015/02/04/apples-desert-peach-movie
http://reviewsbyamoslassen.com/?p=34395