Fill the Void
A devout 18-year-old Israeli is pressured to marry the husband of her late sister. Declaring her independence is not an option in Tel Aviv's ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community, where religious law, tradition and the rabbi's word are absolute. | ![]() |
Shown at
- 10th Annual JCC Rockland International Jewish Film Festival - 2013
- 11º Festival Internacional de Cine Judio Mexico - 2014
- 12th Annual Ventura County Jewish Film Festival - 2015
- 12º Punta del Este Jewish Film Festival - 2015
- 13th Annual Jewish Omaha Film Festival - 2014
- 16th Annual Louisville Jewish Film Festival - 2014
- 17th Annual Israeli Film Festival (Philadelphia) - 2013
- 17th Annual Jewish Film Festival of Dallas - 2013
- 19th Annual East Bay Jewish Film Festival - 2014
- 2014 Mobile Jewish Film Festival - 2014
- 20th Annual International Jewish Film Festival (Eastern Connecticut) - 2014
- 21st Portland Jewish Film Festival - 2013
- 21st Toronto Jewish Film Festival - 2013
- 29th Annual Buffalo International Jewish Film - 2014
- Boulder Jewish Film Festival - 2014
- Brooklyn Israel Film Festival - 2014
- Central Massachusetts Jewish Film Festival - 2014
- Charlotte Jewish Film Festival - 2014
- Cherry Hill Volvo Jewish Film Festival - 2013
- Columbia Jewish Film Festival - 2014
- DPJCC's 14th Annual Jewish Film Festival - 2014
- Festival de Cine Judío de Barcelona - 2014
- Gainesville Jewish Film Fest - 2014
- Indianapolis Jewish Film Festival - 2016
- Jewish Film Festival (Chautauqua) - 2014
- Jewish Film Festival of Central New Jersey - 2013
- JewishFilm - 2013
- Jüdisches Filmfestival Wien - 2014
- Jüdisches Filmfestival Wien: Servus Israel- 2018
- Long Beach Jewish Film Festival - 2014
- Maine Jewish Film Festival - 2014
- Michiana Jewish Film Festival - 2013
- Nagle Family Jewish Film Festival - 2015
- New Jersey Jewish Film Festival - 2013
- Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival - 2014
- Pittsburgh Jewish Israeli Film Festival - 2013
- Ring Family Wesleyan University Israel Film Festival - 2014
- Riverside Jewish Film Festival - 2014
- Savannah Jewish Film Festival - 2014
- SERET Internacional (Santiago) - 2015
- St. Louis Jewish Film Festival - 2013
- Stockholms Judiska Filmfestival - 2013
- Wilmington Jewish Film Festival - 2013
- Winnipeg International Jewish Film Festival - 2014
52 Weeks of Directors: Rama Burshtein
It took Burshtein, a mother of four, 15 years to complete her first feature film outside of the Orthodox Jewish community. That film is Fill the Void, which received acclaim on the festival circuit in 2013.
https://laurencbyrd.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/52-weeks-of-directors-rama-burshtein/