Our productions
WITH NO LAND
Full length documentary
HONEY TRAP
Full length documentary
Hana and Kevert, of the Homeowners’ Association, are facing a real estate evacuation project. Will their and the Jewish-Ethiopian community, dream for a better future, shatter their life?
60min, 2022, Israel. HOT8, Makor Foundation for Israeli Films, The New Fund for Cinema and Television, She*Docs Accelerator - CoPro Fund.
Operation Salomon in 1991 that led to the immigration of 15,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel in 36 hours, is one of the most famous operations in Israel. For the first time a light is shed on the work of the Ethiopian Jews themselves in Ethiopia, Israel and North America that enabled the operation to come through. In 2021 History repeats itself in an new operation to bring those that were left behind.
83min, 2021, Israel. Kan11 Television channel & Gesher Multicultural Film Fund.
MEMORIES OF ETHIOPIA Testimonials archive
TRANSITIONS
Short fiction film
Testimonial archive of the life of Beta Israel in Ethiopia. The 100 testaments reveal the personal stories, ways of life and traditions that for more than 2000 years formed the essence of the Jewish community in Ethiopia.
More than 175 Hours, 2019, Israel.
E.V. Fund, Israel National Archive
Mimi reconstructs her immigration story. Her memories from the past mix with the present and future through a stream of consciousness. Her identity dissolves and is lost between Ethiopia and Israel.
15Min, 2016, The Rabinovich Foundation - Israel Cinema Project, Israel.
About us
Black and White Films, was founded by Kobi and Aalam-Warqe Davidian in 2012. The production house has created:
short fiction films, full length documentaries, testimonial archives and has developed documentary and fiction TV series.
Black and White Films, works with the leading film funds and TV channels in Israel. Additionally Black and White Films offers production and director services and collaborates with other film projects and companies.
Aalam-Warqe Davidian, multi award winning script writer and director, was born in 1979 in Awash, Ethiopia, moved to Israel in 1991. Aalam-Warqe graduated in 2012 from the Sam Spiegel Film & Television School. Her fiction films won prizes in film labs and festivals and are screened in cinemas around the world.
External works include:
Fig Tree, feature film, 94min, 2018, Black Sheep Film Productions Ltd, Medien Penrose, En Compagnie Des Lamas. Israel-Germany-France-Ethiopia. Among it’s awards are: Eurimages Audentia Award for Best Female Director at 2018 TIFF, best cinematography in the Israeli Ophir Awards 2018 and best script in The Sam Spiegel International Film Lab in 2015.
Facing the Wall, short fiction, 26min, 2016, Black Sheep Film Productions Ltd. Winner of Best Short Film in the Jerusalem International film festival, 2016. Best Short Film winner in the Independent Short-film Competition, Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, 2016.
Kobi Davidian, director and producer, was born in 1980 in Jerusalem, Israel. He graduated from the Multidisciplinary Program in the Arts at Tel Aviv University in 2006. Kobi has worked as a researcher and a producer for different TV shows and documentary films before starting his career as an independent filmmaker. His documentary and short fiction films won prizes in festivals around the world.
External works include:
Turbulence, documentary, 85min, 2011, Yes-Docu Israel, co-director & co-producer with Roni Livneh.
An investigative journey into the past to reopen a murder case and try to free 4 innocent people after 27 years in jail.
Shown in film festivals around the world and is studied in law faculties at Harvard, Duke and Tel Aviv Universities.
Contact us
Call:
1 Mevo Sorek st. Srigim, PO box 137,
Zip 9983500, Israel.
Email:
Kobi +972-507-567867
Aalam-Warqe +972-507-904195
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