1509938
1509938

Looking for Yadida

2025-07-20 en 60m
Documentary
With the establishment of the State of Israel, hundreds of Mizrahi and Balkan infants disappeared from immigrant camps. More than half were of Yemeni origin. Over the years, following public outcry, three commissions of inquiry were established, yet the fate of most of the children, including Yadida Jovany, remains unknown. The story of Aunt Yadida is a story of claustrophobia, of a dark, dusty storeroom that remained locked for years. Her living-dead presence hovered in the air of the family home. The opening of the archives in 2016 and the release of over 200,000 documents offered a first opportunity for intimate acquaintance with her past. What color were the crib bars she lay in at the infant home? Did she hear the soft sounds of a lullaby from a kind nurse's lips, or did fluorescent silence fill her room?

Director

Israela Shaer-Meoded

Writer

Israela Shaer-Meoded

Producer

Stav Meron Morag

Cinematography

Boaz Yehonatan Yaacov

Editor

Gal Goffer

Editor

Yael Perlov

Status

Released

Countries

    Companies

    • Pardes Films
    • Kan