My Tree

2021 Canadian documentary film
  • April 29, 2021 (2021-04-29) (Hot Docs)
Running time
102 minutesCountryCanadaLanguageEnglish

My Tree is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jason Sherman and released in 2021.[1] The film centres on his trip to Israel to locate a tree that was planted in his name decades earlier.[2]

The film premiered at the 2021 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[3]

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022,[4] and Ben Lawrence won the award for Best Editing in a Documentary,[5]

References

  1. ^ Lauren Malyk, "WaZabi Films scoops Jason Sherman’s My Tree". Playback, May 12, 2021.
  2. ^ Jeremy Kay, "WaZabi Films picks up Hot Docs sales title ‘My Tree’". Screen Daily, May 10, 2021.
  3. ^ Jason Gorber, "An Interview with Jason Sherman on My Tree and the Roots of Conflict in Israel". Point of View, May 2, 2021.
  4. ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
  5. ^ Jamie Samhan, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Winners: Broadcast News And Documentary & Factual". ET Canada, April 4, 2022.

External links

  • My Tree at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • My Tree on YouTube "A Tree for Israel--Searching for Family Roots"


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