It's a Boy is a witty take on male circumcision and how we in the Western world generally feel about it. Both comic and informative, It's a Boy questions how an ancient rite became normal medical practice in North America and other parts of the world. The film goes beyond the questions of right or wrong and takes us into a contemporary universe of purported paganism, tribal and family heritage. From New York to Jerusalem, we follow the filmmaker Danae Elon's personal journey where she is forced to ask: to circumcise or not to circumcise? It's a Boy is a story about the bondage of loyalties that drive our lives and the necessary compromise that leads a family to stay together.
Danae Elon is an award-winning documentary producer, director and cinematographer. She graduated from NYU film school in 1995. In 2009 she received the prestigous Guggenheim fellowship in the category of film. Her first documentary film Never Again Forever, released in 1996 showcased in over 25 international film festivals and received a Golden Spire award from the San Francisco International film festival as well as an achievement award from the Chicago International Film festival.
Soon after she returned to Jerusalem, her hometown to complete two additional films Wild Mint, which she directed and produced, and Cut which she photographed and co-produced.
In 2001 Danae retuned to the US and began work on her film Another Road Home which received a Sundance grant in 2003 and was praised as one of the most honest and sensitive films ever made about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The film premiered at the 2004 Tribeca film festival and showcased in over 20 international film festivals, including IDFA, LAFF, Jerusalem film festival, Hot Docs, Encounters South Africa, Gotenburg, and many more.
For over twenty five years, Ina Fichman has been producing award-winning documentary and fiction films for television and theatrical release. Recent productions include Malls ‘R Us directed by Helene Klodawsky (CBC, Tele-Quebec, Canal+, SBS – in coproduction with Pont du Jour, Paris), Six Days in June (SRC, ARTE, WGBH, Vision TV, Channel 8 –Israel, in co-prod. with Alma Films/Point du Jour) directed by Ilan Ziv and S&M: Short and Male (CTV, Tele-Quebec), by Howard Goldberg and That's Poker (ARTE, CBC,Canal D). Other documentaries include Gemini Award winning feature Undying Love, which also won awards at the Jerusalem Film Festival, was nominated for 2 Prix Gemaux and won both WGC and CSC Awards; Black Coffee,(TVO, TFO,Historia, PBS) and IDA nominee Being Dorothy.
