
Little Heroes
Director: Itai Lev
Israel 2006 76 mins DVD
Language: Hebrew, Russian with English subtitles
Suitable for children aged 8+ and their families An exciting adventure story in which four children embark on a courageous journey together into the Negev desert. Erez, a young boy, struggles to cope with his father’s death and live up to his legacy, and to make matters worse he also has to deal with the bullies in his class. His life changes when he meets Alicia, an immigrant girl from Russia and together with her brother and another boy, Lior, from a kibbutz, they form a heroic team to overcome adversity. In the process they learn a lot about themselves and each other. This is one of the first children’s films to have been made in Israel and it was a resounding hit at an open air screening at the 2006 Jerusalem International Film Festival.