Published: 28 October 2019
Last updated: 5 March 2024
That is one of the lessons that documentary filmmaker Kineret Hay-Gillor shared with the audience at the Australian premiere screening of her film Alone Together in Sydney on Sunday.
Alone Together tells the story of Ravit, a volunteer who spends all of her spare time hugging abandoned babies in Israel.
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Ravit symbolises the common threads in all Hay-Gillor’s films, she told the audience in a Q&A session after the screening, hosted by The Jewish Independent - characters who face challenges and decide not to give up and act.
At the post-screen session, Hay-Gillor also presented the main characters of her new project, Ilan Buchman and Oscar Shub. Ilan and Oscar got married at the Emanuel Synagogue in Sydney in May 2018 following the Yes campaign for same sex marriage in Australia.
When asked why they decided to get married after 47 years of living together, Oscar told the audience it was important for them to send a message, especially in the Jewish community, that people in the LGTBQI community should have exactly the same rights as others.
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Ilan said they were often being approached by parents or children who had stopped talking due to LGBTQI disclosure. Their response was to invite them for Friday night (Shabbat) dinner.
They are hoping that Hay-Gillor’s documentary about their wedding will help them pass these messages to a bigger audience.
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Main photo: Ilan Buchman, Kineret, Sanne Susskind (Q & A presenter) and Oscar Shub (Uri Windt
