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The Client

ISRAEL / 16 MIN / 2023 / FICTION / DCP 2K / 16:9 / STEREO / COLOR
Spoken in Hebrew & Arabic.
Subtitles available: English, Italian, Spanish.
Karin, an Israeli human rights lawyer, finds herself babysitting Nasrin, the 12-year-old daughter of her Palestinian client, for a day. While Karin is busy dealing with bureaucracy, she doesn’t notice that Nasrin is in distress. In order to help Nasrin, Karin will have to find maternal empathy she didn’t know she has inside her.

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Festivals & Awards

Solidarity Film Festival (ISR, 2023)

Tel Aviv Student Film Festival (ISR, 2024)

UK Jewish Film Festival (GBR, 2024)

Molise Cinema Festival (ITA, 2024)

Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival (ITA, 2024)

Reggio Film Festival (ITA, 2024)

Annual Joyce Forum Jewish Short Film Festival (USA, 2024)

Arlington International Film Festival (USA, 2024)

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Halakocha, The Client, Halakocha-The Client, Noa Gusakov, ShortsFit, ShortsFit Films, ShortsFit Distribution, ShortsFit Distribucion, short film distributors, distribucion de cortometrajes, israeli short films, great short films, great short stories, amazing movies, cortometrajes, cortometraggi, cinema del mondo, female filmmakers, women in cinema, women in film, social issues

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cast

Alma Dishy, Layan Kasem

written and directed by

Noa Gusakov

produced by

Leah Tonic, Tal Becher

production company

Yalla Films

1st AD

Eyal Tsadik

cinematography by

May Abadi Grabler

art director

Yael 'Yula' Igra

editing

Noy Barak

sound design

Michael Emeth

original music

Daniel Markovich

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noa's bio

Noa Gusakov is an award-winning filmmaker, currently based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Noa graduated from Sam Spiegel Film School, Jerusalem. Her writing and directing credits include 6 short films which have collectively screened at over 100 film festivals and won numerous awards. Her graduation film "Lookout" was selected as one of the 30 Best Films of Sam Spiegel, and was screened at the Berlinale. Two of her short films, "Large Soldier" and "How to Swim" were nominated for the Israeli Academy Awards for Best Short Film. The screenplay for "Large Soldier", was developed at the Berlinale Short Film Station. "How to Swim" had its international premier at the Palm Springs ShortFest and was selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick. Noa is also a television creator, and a winner of an Israeli Academy Award for Best Direction in Teen Drama Series and two awards for Best Screenplay for Teen Drama Series. In the last years she received fellowships for writing in the MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire and in Yaddo, New York. Noa is currently working as a screenwriter and director for TV productions and developing her debut feature film.