Do You Believe In Love? festivals-awards
Do You Believe In Love?
Although her body is paralyzed and she doesn’t believe in love, Tova the Matchmaker works tirelessly to find love for everybody else.
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
- SILVER HORN for the Director of the Best Medium-Length Documentary – Krakow International Film Festival
- Special Mention – BOSIFEST 2014 – The Fifth Belgrade International Film Festival for and by People with Disabilities
- Special Mention – Budapest International Documentary Film Festival
- Audience Award – CinéDOC, Tbilisi, Georgia
- The GRAND-PRIX Award – International Festival of Ethnological Film, Serbia
- Best Message For Human Rights – Millenium International Documentary Film Festival, Belgium
- Haifa International Film Festival, Israel
- DOK Leipzig Film Festival, Germany
- Docudays UA International Film Festival, Ukraine
Director: DAN WASSERMAN
Producer: BARAK HEYMANN
Cinematographers: GONEN GLAZER, DANIEL MIRAN
Editor: RON GOLDMAN
Artistic consultant: TALI SHAMIR-WERZBERGER
Music: ELI SOORANI
With the support of:
The Second Authority for TV and Radio/ Makor Foundation for Israeli Films
Tova, who is paralyzed due to muscular dystrophy, specializes in matchmaking for people with disabilities. Even though Tova herself does not believe in love, she has had remarkable success as a matchmaker, and her passion for the job and her clients is undeniable. Her tough-love approach has invented a unique matchmaking style which has inspired many to flock to her apartment where her husband and daughter weigh in as she assigns matches.
This documentary follows Tova over the course of a year, introducing the viewer to her family and inviting us to join in on her pain, humor, love and enormous lust for life.
“A shining pearl…realistic, charming documentary”
Lilach Wallach, walla.co.il
“A wonderful film that teaches us about the victory of the spirit”
Ariana Melamed, Ynet
PRESS LINKS
15 June 2015 Jewish Renaissance: “You find yourself hoping against hope that they will find happiness…” Film review (UK)
18 May 2014 Ynet: “Rolling through the chambers of the heart.” Film review (Israel, Hebrew)
18 May 2014 walla.co.il: “Realistic and charming documentary…” Film Review (Israel, Hebrew)
- SILVER HORN for the Director of the Best Medium-Length Documentary – Krakow International Film Festival
- Special Mention – BOSIFEST 2014 – The Fifth Belgrade International Film Festival for and by People with Disabilities
- Special Mention – Budapest International Documentary Film Festival
- Audience Award – CinéDOC, Tbilisi, Georgia
- The GRAND-PRIX Award – International Festival of Ethnological Film, Serbia
- Best Message For Human Rights – Millenium International Documentary Film Festival, Belgium
- Haifa International Film Festival, Israel
- DOK Leipzig Film Festival, Germany
- Docudays UA International Film Festival, Ukraine
