

Kosher beach
Israel 2019 | 90 min. / 52 min. | Hebrew | English Subtitles
Written and Directed by: Karin Kainer
Producers: Avishay Peretz, Levi Zini
Editor: Yael Leibovitz
Original Music: Erez Russo
Soundtrack: Ophir Lokay Eliassaf
It's only a half hour drive from Bnei-Brak, a closed Orthodox city, to Tel Aviv's shore. But for the women going there it's light years away. "The Kosher Beach" is a gated and secluded 100 meter-long strip of beach with dedicated days for women and men to bath separately, only a wooden fence separates between the freedom of the gay beach and them. The "Brave Bunch", a secret female orthodox sisterhood, arrive to what is a source of quiet sanity for them and they consider it a safe haven away from social and family problems: their own private and free heaven. Here they can be themselves, take a deep ocean breath and open their hearts to the sea, until the day the Rabbi's try to close the beach. What will the girls do? Will they give in or fight?
Supported By: Channel 8, Israel , The New Fund for Cinema and TV
Festival Highlights
Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival , Germany , 2020
Dokfest Munich, Germany , 2020
Krakow International Film Festival, Poland , 2020
Ethnocineca International Film Festival, Austria , 2020
Copenhagen Jewish Film Festival, Denmark , 2020
Santa Barbara International Film Festival, USA , 2020
Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema, USA , 2019
DOC NYC, USA , International Premiere , 2019
Boston Jewish Film Festival, USA , 2019
DocAviv International Film Festival, Israel , Israeli Competition , 2019
Distributer: Hedva Goldschmidt - Go2Films
