# I Am New: Film and Q&A (17:00) > Haifa Events **Date:** 2026-09-19, 17:00 **Venue:** סינמטק חיפה **City:** Хайфа **Category:** community **Event language:** he ## Description Country: Israel, 2026 Director: Yael Abecassis Israeli Cinema: Film and Q&A Jerusalem Film Festival – Best Documentary Film Award New was three and a half years old when he was in a severe car accident that left him with serious brainstem damage. For five days he hung between life and death, and when he woke up he had to learn again to breathe, speak, walk, and eat. His driver — and best friend — was Odna. His parents, Lior and Galit, begin filming in the hospital and never stop — through the camera they hold on to their son and to the new reality forced upon them. From hundreds of hours of intimate footage emerges a portrait of a child rebuilding his body and speech, and of a family forced to find its way through a shattered reality that reveals both the fragility of life and the strength of the human spirit. The Jerusalem Festival jury's rationale for choosing the film as Best Documentary: "A fight for life in a moving, patient, and humane film. A family journey that begins at the bottom of fears and an almost impossible struggle, and climbs to a peak of great light. Director Yael Abecassis and editor Shai Baskin succeeded in creating an intimate family journey that can offer inspiration and hope to anyone who watches it." 55 minutes, Hebrew, Hebrew subtitles. After the screening there will be a conversation with director Yael Abecassis. **Tickets:** https://www.haifa.muni.il/event/%d7%90%d7%a0%d7%99-%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%95-%d7%a1%d7%a8%d7%98-%d7%95%d7%9e%d7%a4%d7%92%d7%a9/ **Source:** municipality **Image:** https://pub-0a891185c33b4c5a8db7ede117f7c8e7.r2.dev/haifa-events/haifa_municipality/69ffa09283d63e59f71df442034c6743.jpg --- **Canonical event page:** https://www.haifa.events/en/event/any-nyo-sep-19/ **Other languages:** https://www.haifa.events/he/event/any-nyo-sep-19/, https://www.haifa.events/ru/event/any-nyo-sep-19/ Haifa Events is an aggregator. Verify the date, price, and ticket availability on the official website before purchase.