Keryat Moshe, home of a large Ethiopian Jewish community, is considered in main street media one of the toughest neighborhoods in Israel. With a rich traditional lifestyle, this immigration community lives socially apart from modern "white" Israeli society. In recent years, a mass building of luxury villas and skyscrapers cleaned out the orchards surrounding the neighborhood making it a close and condenses ghetto. Hana, the heroine of the film has a dream, to change the reality of the neighborhood, for 8 years, she's involved in the national priority construction program that will catapult the residents into a new era. But, as she manages to push the project, she finds herself drowning in her personal life as a long and painful divorce process could result in the loss of her home and place in the neighborhood.


Honey Trap

Israel 2022 | 60 min, | Mid-length Documentary

Written and directed by: Aalam Warqe & Kobi Davidian
Produced by: Black and White Films - Kobi Davidian
Cinematography: Idan Glikzelig
Editing: Margarita Linton
Original Score: Shmaya Cohen
Graphic Designer: Oleg Fedorkov
Supported by: HOT8, Makor fund for Cinema and Television, The New Fund for Cinema and Television, She*Docs Accelerator - CoPro Fund.
Language: Hebrew with English Subtitles

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Keryat Moshe, home of a large Ethiopian Jewish community, is considered in main street media one of the toughest neighborhoods in Israel. With a rich traditional lifestyle, this immigration community lives socially apart from modern "white" Israeli society. In recent years, a mass building of luxury villas and skyscrapers cleaned out the orchards surrounding the neighborhood making it a close and condenses ghetto. Hana, the heroine of the film has a dream, to change the reality of the neighborhood, for 8 years, she's involved in the national priority construction program that will catapult the residents into a new era. But, as she manages to push the project, she...

Festivals

  • Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2022
  • Seattle Jewish Film Festival, US, 2023
  • Berlinale EFM – Market Premiere, 2023

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Festivals

  • Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2022
  • Seattle Jewish Film Festival, US, 2023
  • Berlinale EFM – Market Premiere, 2023