The Queen has no crown
Director: Tomer Heymann
Doc/ Israel/Hebrew, English/2011/82
Synopsis : "The Queen Has No Crown" is a
poignant meditation on family, loss, and the mental maps of homelessness. The
film navigates the intimate lives of 5 brothers and their mother, over the
course of a decade, through the pains of exile and the joys of family bonding.
Exploring the politics of belonging, displacement, and homosexuality, the film
examines the hard decisions one Israeli family has to make and the intractable
bonds that unite them in the face of complicated life choices.
Festivals: Berlinale, Germany, February 2011. Krakow Film Festival, Poland, May 2011. Frameline San Francisco, USA June 2011. Taipei Golden Horse, Taiwan, November 2011.
Bio filmography : Tomer Heymann was born in Kfar Yedidia in Israel in 1970 and has directed many documentary films and series in the past ten years, most of them long-term follow-ups and personal documentations. His films won major awards at different prestigious film festivals including his first film “It Kinda Scares Me” that won the Israeli Academy Award. "Paper Dolls” won three awards at the Berlin Film Festival, two awards at the Identities Film Festival, the "Best International Feature" award at the Los Angeles Festival, "Best Documentary" at the Cinemanila International Film Festival in the Philippines and many more. His films includes, I SHOT MY LOVE ,The Way Home , Out of Focus , Black Over White, Bridge over the Wadi and many more
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