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The First Lady

​Israeli transgender pioneer Efrat Tilma had to flee the country as a teenager. Now in her seventies and a celebrated activist, she must fight for her rights once again, while the country spirals into political and social regression.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Israel / Germany

Release year 2024
Runtime 90 min

Stage of production Editing

PARTNERS

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TEAM

Directors  Udi Nir, Sagi Bornstein
Producers  Christian Beetz, Georg Tschurtschenthaler, Udi Nir, Sagi Bornstein

DOP  Uriel Sinai, Daniel Binsted

PITCHING EVENTS

CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, 2022

Copro, Tel-Aviv, 2022

Cologne Film Festival, 2022

HotDocs, Toronto, 2023

Copro Impact Lab, Tel-Aviv, 2023-24.

Agora Docs, Thessaloniki, 2024

JFI residency, San Francisco, 2024

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