Israel 2023, 74 min, Hebrew and Arabic, Hebrew & English subtitles

A first glance at the dramas that take place during the incoming calls to the anonymous helplines of ERAN -Emotional First Aid.
Aref, Marcella, Ziv and Lydia are volunteers and professionals, who have undergone extensive training and conducted countless conversations. They each have that one conversation they will never forget.
Aref, a Druze manager of the Northern branch, receives a call from a young Druze who has been sent to murder his sister.
Marcella talks to a collapsing hospital intern, stirring old emotions from her tragic story.
Ziv answers a call from a father with suicidal intentions. Should he violate his anonymity in order to save him?
Lydia, the TLV branch manager, gets a call on Passover Eve from a lonely man and decides to celebrate the Seder with him.

Sharon Yaish is an editor and director of documentary films. Her first film as a director, "Whore Like Me", won the Ophir Award 2019.
Selected projects: South Los Angeles (Docaviv 2022), Closed Circle (DocAviv 2022, DocNYC), This love was not there (DocAviv 2020 winner), Elish's Notebook (DocAviv 2017 Editing Winner).

Golan Rise is a documentary and feature film director. Selected projects: "Los Angeles South" - A documentary musical (Docaviv 2022, winner of the cinematography award) "Elish's Notebooks" (Docaviv 2017, winner of the editing award, DOCNYC), "Hasimot" a short feature drama, winner of the first prize at the Jerusalem Festival.

Production: Amir Ganor, Adi Bar Yossef
Production Company: Endemol Shine Israel
Script: Sharon Yaish, Golan Rise
Editing: Sharon Yaish
Cinematography: Rachel Rosinek, Eyal Ben Moshe
Research: Golan Rise
Sound Design: Michael Gurovitsch
Music: Ran Bagno

Source: yes

Supporters & Broadcasters: Yes Docu, Makor Foundation for Israeli Films

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