Roesch NJJFF: Get the Land Back

An Israeli comedian inherits a West Bank land deed, sparking a humorous odyssey through bureaucracy. 2024 Ophir Award-winning film.

Post-screening Q&A with filmmakers Irmy Shik Blum & Elad Orenstein on Zoom

Directors: Irmy Shik Blum & Elad Orenstein
2024, Israel, 70 minutes
Hebrew & English with English subtitles
Documentary

Irmy, a comedian on the cusp of fatherhood, asks his father for financial help and finds out his only inheritance is his grandmother’s deed to a small piece of land in the West Bank. Interested in claiming the land, they discover a nearby Jewish settlement has built a winery on it. Irmy and his father navigate the various bureaucracies controlling land use in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, uncovering an absurd, Kafkaesque array of policies and personalities.

Their humorous chronicle of their journey is similar in tone to a Daily Show correspondent piece and won the 2024 Ophir Award (Israel’s Oscar) for Best Documentary Feature.

Co-sponsored by Dr. Barbara S. Starr