Syracuse International Film Festival: 'The Road To Where'

Time: Oct. 18, 2017, 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Location: 121 Shaffer Art Building

This year's Syracuse International Film Festival kicks off with a screening of The Road To Where, a new feature film by Michal Bat-Adam -- Israel’s first woman feature filmmaker -- and a new documentary about her by Netalie Braun, I Hope I'm in the Frame, which just won the Israeli Academy Award for Best Mid Length Documentary. Syracuse will be the first U.S. festival to screen the piece, since the award.

Michal’s film deals with the human interactions of a group of people who live in an apartment building in Jerusalem that used to be occupied by Arab families. The accompanying documentary shows her struggle to make films and be accepted as an artist in her own right, especially as she is married to Moshe Mizrahi, Israel’s most recognized filmmaker and Academy Award winner.

The 14th annual Syracuse International Film Festival starts Wednesday, October 18th and runs through Sunday, October 22nd.  Students will be admitted free with Syracuse University ID.

Owen Shapiro, Transmedia