International Women's Film Festival

The 8 chapter series My Little Empire follows 13 women who open small businesses: Edna, 37, becomes a clown in order to support her three children; Meirav, an orthodox stand-up comedian, tries to expand her business between one pregnancy and another; Miriam refuses to marry a member of her family according to tradition and dreams of being the first Bedouin businesswoman; Isca, visually impaired, is fired from her job as tour-guide and tries to open a business that would compete her former job; Marcel from the Philippines marries an Israeli and decides it is time to stop being a cleaning lady, and other exceptional women who went through an empowering process which changed their lives and brought them to deal with traditional and conservative societies, and mainly with the lack of faith of those around them.

2 episodes of the series will be screened as part of the conference Who's Afraid of Money? A conference in cooperation with The Authority for the Advancement of the Status of Women, Prime Minister’s Office.

Documentary | Video | 280 Minutes | Color | Hebrew, English subtitles

Screenplay: Hanna Azulay Hasfari
Cinematography: Talia Galon, Avigail Sperber
Editing: Galit Shaul
Production: Ronnie Manor, Haim Manor

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