ADA - MyMother the Architect
2025 • 1h 21m • Documentary
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About the film
Ada Karmi Melamede is one of the most accomplished architects in the world, but very little is known about her outside her home country of Israel. ADA - MY MOTHER THE ARCHITECT is a deeply moving portrait of an architect tested by the impossible choices between career, country and motherhood. The film is directed by her daughter, filmmaker and former architect Yael Melamede.
Director
Yael Melamede
Producer
Hilla Medalia, Yael Melamede
Executive Producer
Guy Lavie, Keren Gleicher, Jeffrey Brown, Elise Jaffe, Mirit Eisen, Ori Eisen, Simon Kilmurry
Awards & recognition
Master of Art Film Festival
Best Documentary
Budapest Jewish and Israeli Film Festival
Audience Award
New York Jewish Film Festival
Official Selection
Woodstock Film Festival
Official Selection
Dallas International Film Festival
Official Selection
Florida Film Festival
Official Selection
Jerusalem Film Festival
Aaron Emanuel Award for Best Cinematography
Architecture and Design Film Festival
Official Selection
What people are saying
‘There is a micro-tradition of the children of famous architects turning the lens on their parental history…but a daughter documenting her mother? Unheard of.‘
Dante A. Ciampaglia
‘The film articulated principles for a common civic language, an intoxicating possibility of a world where both difference and shared humanity thrive.‘
Nora Berman
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