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Operation Wedding is a documentary film about the Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair, an escape attempt from the Soviet Union by a group of young Soviet, mostly Jewish, who were denied exit visas. The documentary is told from a personal point of view of the filmmaker, Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov, daughter of group members: Eduard Kuznetsov and Sylva Zalmanson. [1]
Israel, August 2016 Israel Broadcasting Authority
Russia, US, UK - December 2016 Latvia LTV1 - October 2017 Denmark February 2018 Danish Film Institute (documentary of the Month) Estonia March 2018 ETV2
1. Documentary of the month – Danish Film Institute / Copenhagen, Denmark, February 2018
2. Best Documentary, Audience Choice – Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema / Chicago, US 2017
3. Best Feature Documentary – International Filmmaker Festival of NY / New York, NY, US 2018
4. Best Writing – History Film Festival / Croatia 2018
5. Young Jury award for Best Documentary - The Rasnov Histories and Film Festival / Romania 2018
6. Important Documentary About a Socially Relevant Topic, Semi-Final - "Award This" Film Threat / Los Angeles, US 2019
7. Opening film - Jewish Film & Culture Festival / Saarbrücken, Germany 2018
8. Semi-Finalist - Courage Film Festival / Berlin, Germany 2019
9. Award of Excellence - Cinema World Fest Awards Winter / Ottawa, Canada 2018
10. Best Feature Film - Ogeechee International History Film Festival / Georgia, US 2018
11. Best Documentary - Mindie, Miami Independent Film Festival / Florida, US 2018
12. Semi Final – Hollywood Screenings Film Festival / California, US 2018
13. Silver award - World Human Rights Awards / Indonesia 2018
14. Jury Award for February Best Documentary - Eurasia International Film Festival / Moscow, Russia 2018
15. Semi Final – Tribute Film Festival / Texas, US 2018
16. Semi Final – Gold Movie Awards / London, UK 2018
17. Audience Choice Award - Tirana International Documentary Film Festival / Tirana, Albania 2017
18. Globe Award - Around Film Festival / Berlin, Germany 2017
19. Merit Award - International Film Festival Spirituality Religion and Visionary / Bali Indonesia 2017
20. Opening film - Israel Film Days / Riga, Latvia 2017
21. Award of Recognition - Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards / California, US 2016
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