ANNU

A film by Miya Hatav Hazaz

ANNU – A film by Miya Hatav Hazaz

Best Director · Israeli Ministry of Culture & Sport Film Awards

Some bonds outlive a lifetime.

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A moving family drama centered on four generations of Druze women, caught between tradition and the desire to belong.

  • 2025
  • 86 min
  • Drama
  • Arabic, Hebrew · subtitles
  • Israeli Ministry of Culture & Sport Film AwardsBest Director
  • NYIFAWinner
  • Esoteric International Film FestivalWinner 2026
  • Haifa International Film FestivalOfficial Selection 2025
  • Toronto Women Film FestivalOfficial Selection
“You will find my children in Syria.”
Poster of the film ANNU by Miya Hatav Hazaz

Synopsis

Winner of the Best Director Award at the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport Film Awards.

Sana, grandmother of six-year-old Annu, is convinced that her granddaughter is the reincarnation of her late sister, after Annu asks her to find her children who were left behind in Syria. While Annu's parents claim that Sana is filling the girl's head with ideas and keep the two apart, Sana holds on to her faith and to the special bond with her granddaughter. When Annu's condition worsens, she decides to set out on a journey in the footsteps of her family and her past, in an attempt to release her sister's soul, and in the hope of saving Annu as well.

A moving family drama about four generations of women, the tension between faith and science, and the search for meaning and hope in a place where there are no simple answers.

Director
Miya Hatav Hazaz
Cast
Rose Aboud, Amal Murkus, Aseel Farhat, Marlene Bajali, Amir Khoury
Miya Hatav Hazaz

Filmmaker

Miya Hatav Hazaz

Miya Hatav Hazaz is a writer, director and producer whose films explore identity, belonging and the fragile threads that tie people together. Her first feature, "Between Worlds", premiered at the Busan International Film Festival. ANNU, her second feature, won the Best Director Award at the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport Film Awards.

Making the film

The inspiration for ANNU came from home. As the mother of a girl living with epilepsy, Miya came to know the fear and the uncertainty up close, and the moments when medicine cannot answer every question. From that place grew a story about faith and science, and about the love between a grandmother and her granddaughter.

To tell it, Miya entered the world of the Druze community in the Galilee: its traditions, its belief in reincarnation, and the women who hold the home together between the past and the desire to belong.

Screenings & events

Screening + meet the filmmaker

Bring ANNU to your community: a screening of the film followed by an open conversation with director Miya Hatav Hazaz about the film, the Druze community and the journey from idea to screen.

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  • Organizations and companies
  • Festivals, cinematheques and film nights

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Cast

  • Rose Aboud
  • Amal Murkus
  • Aseel Farhat
  • Marlene Bajali
  • Amir Khoury

Credits

ANNU

Written & Directed by
Miya Hatav Hazaz
Producers
Itai Tamir · Miya Hatav Hazaz
Line Producer
Jiries Copti
Cinematography
Omri Aloni · Ran Aviad
Editing
Tali Helter Shenkar · Haim Tabakman · Yonatan Weinstein
Original Music
Avi Belleli
Mix & Sound Design
Izik Cohen
Art Director
Ben Zion Porat
Costume Designer
Rachel Ben Dahan
Makeup
Merav Chahar
Casting
Milad Matar · Miya Hatav Hazaz
Colorist
Artem Stretovych · Post Republic
First Assistant Director
Guy Shoval

A Laila Films production

With the support of the Israel Film Fund, the Ministry of Culture & Sport – Israel Film Council, the Galil Film Fund and the Gesher Multicultural Film Fund

Winner of the Haifa Cinemarket Award by The Post Republic, 2023 · First Cut Lab Israel 2023

To my children, Emi & Nuri, to whom this film is dedicated,
and to my late grandmother – Leah Hatav

Laila Films · Israel Film Fund · Ministry of Culture and Sport · Galil Film Fund · Gesher Multicultural Film Fund

© 2025 Laila Films

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