Lies I Told Myself (18+)
Israel, 2023, colour, 87 min.
Director: Ефим Грабой
Director: Ефим Грабой
Efim, the filmmaker, has been documenting his family since he was a teenager. Using the camera, he investigates the destructive relationship between his parents. During one of the most challenging periods of his own intimate relationship, Efim discovers a dark secret that his parents had desperately tried to conceal from him. This revelation rocks his world and he sets out on a cinematic journey to confront the lies, betrayals, and guilt that have haunted him, in order to heal the deep wound within himself.
AWARDS
DocAviv (Tel Aviv, 2023) - Best Director, Editing Award
Ефим Грабой
Ефим Грабой
Efim Graboy was born in 1989 in Kazan, Russia. His family immigrated to Israel when he was 10 years old. Steve Tisch School of Film & Television, Tel Aviv University alumnus. His short films won many awards at international film festivals and are exhibited in contemporary art museums. In 2019 his film “Valley of the Rulers” was nominated for IDA best short film. In 2020 “The War of Raya Sinitsina” had a great success as Efim’s debut feature film, winning nine international awards in total, including Best Directing and Cinematography at DocAviv. The film also recieved prizes from Israeli Documentary Association as Best Debut film and for Best Cinematographer and a Special Prize For High Artistic Achievements in the Documentary from Russian Documentary Film and Television Guild.
Since 2021, Efim lives and creates in Israel and Serbia.
Since 2021, Efim lives and creates in Israel and Serbia.
FILMOGRAPHY
«Home Sweet Home», 2010;
«The Unknown Soldier», 2017;
«House of Memories», 2018;
«Valley of the Rulers», 2018;
«The War of Raya Sinitsina», 2020;
«Lies I Told Myself», 2023.
«The Unknown Soldier», 2017;
«House of Memories», 2018;
«Valley of the Rulers», 2018;
«The War of Raya Sinitsina», 2020;
«Lies I Told Myself», 2023.
Israel, 2023, colour, 87 min.
Director: Ефим Грабой
Director: Ефим Грабой
Efim, the filmmaker, has been documenting his family since he was a teenager. Using the camera, he investigates the destructive relationship between his parents. During one of the most challenging periods of his own intimate relationship, Efim discovers a dark secret that his parents had desperately tried to conceal from him. This revelation rocks his world and he sets out on a cinematic journey to confront the lies, betrayals, and guilt that have haunted him, in order to heal the deep wound within himself.
AWARDS
DocAviv (Tel Aviv, 2023) - Best Director, Editing Award