Transit

Synopsis

TRANSIT explores the intersecting stories of Filipinos in Tel Aviv when the threat of a law deporting the children of migrant workers looms their precarious lives. Janet, a domestic worker on an expired visa, struggles to hide her half-Israeli daughter, Yael—a rebellious teenager caught up in a juvenile romance. Most endangered in the situation is four-year old Joshua, whom Janet and Yael protect because the boy’s father, Moises, works on weekdays as a caregiver in the city of Herzliya. The film also explores the life of a young lady, Tina, who arrives to start a new life in Israel.

Transit examines what it means to be a family and what it means to be a stranger, within one’s home and in a foreign land.

Awards

Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2013 Full Length Finalist (New Breed category)

Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Musical Score, Best Ensemble Cast, Best Actress (Irma Adlawan), Best Supporting Actress (Jasmine Curtis-Smith), NETPAC Award, Audience Choice Award