Aviva My Love

Aviva, a hard-working hotel cook in the small northern Israeli town of Tiberias, is on the brink of finally fulfilling her lifelong dream. For years she kept her remarkable writing abilities under wraps, until her sister, Anita, introduces her to Oded, an accomplished novelist. Immediately recognizing Aviva's talent, Oded takes her under his wing, promising to help her achieve greatness. But the journey to greatness effects her life and the lives of her family - her unemployed husband, her troubled children, her unstable mother, and primarily her sister, a funny and sensitive woman who has her own dreams. Aviva's story, as it unfolds with laughter and tears, is about the power of one woman to realize her true destiny.

The Israeli Film Festival of Greater Philadelphia is honoring Shemi Zarhin for Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking for "Aviva, My Love".

Awards : Winner of Israeli Academy Awards of 2006 - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress - Assi Levy; Chicago Film Festival - Best Screenplay; Jerusalem Film Festival 2006 - Best Screenplay.

Write and Director : Shemi Zarhin Israel, 2006, 107 min., Hebrew w/English subtitles.

Special Guest : Shemi Zarhin - director and writer. (Also directed "Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi")

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