Leaving Gur

Brachi Haisherik

Producers

Tammy Cohen, Adar Shafran

Lab Edition

2026

Production

Tamar Productions, Firma Films

Country

Israel

SYNOPSIS

A young Hasidic couple escapes the strict Gur community and sets out on a desert trek - beyond the reach of the supervision, the rules, and the communal control over their bedroom.
Along the way, between walking by day and sleeping in a tent by night, their touchless marriage starts to unravel, revealing layers of shame, repression, and sexual trauma.
In the raw space between past and present, between body and faith, a fragile intimacy is born - and with it, a chance for redemption.

DIRECTOR'S NOTE

I was married, through an arranged marriage within the Gur Hasidic community, at the age of twenty, full of hope. In the years that followed, my body and spirit were worn down by a traumatic initiation into marriage and sexuality, shaped by coercion, prohibitions, and scarring guidance.
״Leaving Gur״ grows from these wounds. Through a young couple's journey into the desert, I explore bodies shaped by control and the possibility of intimacy after trauma. I write this film as a fantasy of love and freedom, born within the world I belong to.

LOG LINE

Between a rural town and the Red Sea, a young Hasidic couple escapes the strict Gur community, seeking forbidden intimacy. A journey of redemption - through body, sin, and the desert.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER

Brachi Haisherik is a screenwriter and director from Israel's Gur Hasidic community.
Her debut feature, ״Leaving Gur״, received production support from the Israel Film Fund, and won the Jury Award at PitchPoint, Jerusalem Film Festival.
Her full-length documentary, ״Love in Hard Places״, is currently in production for Kan 11- Israel national broadcaster, and won the IMPACT Pitch Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival
Her award-winning short films have screened internationally.

PRODUCERS

Tammy Cohen, Adar Shafran

○ Tammy Cohen began her career at Norma Productions in 2004, where she held various production roles, up to Head Producer.
In 2018 she started working as an independent producer, collaborating with other production companies while developing and producing her own projects under Tamar Productions. The film and series she produced over the years have received recognition and awards in Israel and worldwide.
Selected projects: ״Floortime״, ״The Fire Dance״, ״Through the Wall״.

○ Adar Shafran is the owner and producer of Firma Films, an independent production company specializing in feature films, TV series, and commercials. As a producer, he is involved in the creative process from development through post-production. Over the years he has also directed music videos and commercials, and in 2023 directed his debut feature film "Running on Sand."
Selected projects: ״Bros״, ״Maktub״, ״Through the Wall״.

PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE

○ Firma Films
○ Shontzino 11 Tel Aviv. Israel
○ tamarc162@gmail.com
○ +972-526609147

PRODUCTION BUDGET

○ Total budget: 1,200,000 USD
○ Confirmed budget and source: 450,000 USD (Israeli Film Fund Production Grant)

LANGUAGE

Hebrew

Romantic Drama

GENRE

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