Asia

Asia (2021)

אסיה

Asia is the single mother of 17-year-old Vika. Vika's deteriorating health urges Asia to finally find her voice as a mother and to embrace and cherish their time together.

Date of release
2021-04-01
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Drama
Director
Ruthy Pribar

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Ophir Award

Asia is a 2020 Israeli drama film directed by Ruthy Pribar, starring Alena Yiv and Shira Haas. The film was premiered online at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the awards for Best Actress, Best Cinematography as well as the Nora Ephron Prize. After winning Best Picture at the 30th Israeli Academy Awards, it was automatically submitted as the Israeli entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Production

Filming for Asia took place in late 2018. The film was edited by Neta Dvorkis and produced by Yoav Roeh and Aurit Zamir with casting direction by Esther Kling, the same director who assigned Shira Haas with her award-winning debut role in Princess (2014).

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