SUMMER NIGHTS

Israel/Switzerland 2021

Director: Ohad Milstein

Hebrew, French with English subtitles

53 minutes

Documentary

How does the world look through the eyes of a 6-year-old child? Winner of the 2021 Israeli Academy Award for Best Documentary, this aesthetically unique and visually stunning film offers a window into a child’s world: his fears, his desires, his way of thinking. It’s a journey into the subconscious of an innocent child, as he falls asleep and drifts into the depths of his own mind.  Award-winning Israeli director Ohad Milstein films his own son, Alva, as night falls and the two of them engage in bedtime conversations. The father and son, whispering to one another so as not to wake Alva’s sister, talk about life, death, and everything in between. The resulting film, with its distinctive cinematic style, is a tender, intimate and poetic reflection on the passage of time, aging, death and the relationship between a father and a son.

Winner: Best Documentary, Israeli Academy Awards 2021

Winner: Best Israeli Film, DocAviv Int’l FF 2021