About the film

“Collaborator and His Family” is the story of a family torn apart by espionage. In this film we follow the El-Akels, a Palestinian family whose father, Ibrahim, has been a collaborator for Israel for the past twenty years. Labeled a traitor by Palestinians, Ibrahim's three sons; Mahmoud, Suffian and Muhammad, along with their mother, Yusra, pay the heaviest price for the father's covert actions and carry with them, not by their choice, a scarlet letter. The film chronicles the El-Akel family in their attempts to cope and assimilate to Israeli society and keep their family together.

Wybrane nagrody i festiwale /Selected festivals and awards: 2011 - Visions du Réel Nyon, 2011 - Hot Docs, Toronto, 2011 - DocAviv Nagroda Specjalna Jury, Investigation Awards/Special Jury Prize, Investigation Awards, 2011 - Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival Nagroda Główna/Grand Prize, 2011 - doclisboa Specjalne Wyróżnienie Jury/Special Jury Mention, 2011 - WatchDocs Specjalne Wyróżnienie Jury/Special Jury Mention