My Sister Banchiya | Probation Time

The story of Banchiya, a ten-year-old Ethiopian girl who immigrated to Israel at the age of three with her mother and three brothers, and was adopted by the Shperber family, Rabbi Daniel and Hanna. Banchiya and her brother were sent to a boarding school in Netanya and half a year later their mother died. After her death, the Shperber family, a religious family of 12 living in the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem, adopted Banchiya as a daughter. The film touches on Banchiya's struggles in a white, religious society and in a family with many children. Bancia faces questions of identity and loyalty to the Ethiopian community

Avigail, the director of this film, is dealing with a break-up from her girlfriend and with raising a child that she had with her. Her parents are dealing with her adopted sister’s damaging behavior. Does her story have an inevitable ending? Can she accept and absorb the love and concern that surround her? And will her family be able to love her unconditionally? This is a depiction of the fragile bonds that make up a family.