TRANSIT
DIR. HANNAH ESPIA | The Philippines | 2013 | 93 mins
The beloved AAIFF’14 centerpiece presentation TRANSIT is returning to NYC as part of the OTHER ISRAEL FILM FESTIVAL. The two screening are scheduled on Fri, Nov 7, 9pm at Cinema Village and Sat, Nov 8, 6 pm at JCC Manhattan. Follow the link HERE to get your tickets. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive exclusive discount code ($3 off) for subscribers!
Synopsis: TRANSIT, the Philippines’ most celebrated film of the year, takes on Israel’s 2009 law that allows children of foreign workers to be deported back to their parents’ country. TRANSIT dramatizes the struggles of an extended Filipino family that has lived and worked in Tel Aviv for years. Janet’s work visa has expired and she may be deported back to the Philippines. Her teenage daughter Yael, born of an Israeli father from a past relationship, wants to stay, and Janet’s brother Moses hides his four-year-old son at home for fear that if he is found, the child will also be deported.
An earthy portrait of the displaced — refugees, immigrants and foreign workers, TRANSIT poses the problem of subject identity, home and national identity in question that is distinctively relevant to the globalization of the present world. TRANSIT was the Filipino entry for the 2014 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.