I AM NOT
Film poster for “I AM NOT". A young man wears a tough expression, title in bold yellow.
I AM NOT
Film poster for “I AM NOT". A young man wears a tough expression, title in bold yellow.
After years of battling false mental diagnoses, Oren picks up a camera, his only outlet for human interaction, and embarks on a life-changing journey

I AM NOT

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BEST HUMANITARIAN FILM - Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival | BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - Jaipur International Film Festival

Adoption • Human Rights • Family • Drama • Identity • Outcast • Coming of Age


Date of Completion: 2022 | Run Time: 96 minutes​​ | Language: Hebrew, English & Spanish with English & Hebrew subtitles | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript | Director: Tomer Heymann | Producers: Barak Heymann & Tomer Heymann | Cinematography: Itai Raziel & Oren Levy | Editor: Yaniv Segalovich | Original Music: Matan Daskal & Eran Weitz | Sound Mix: Itzik Cohen

Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Tomer Heymann’s latest film is a deeply emotional work that follows an outcast teenager’s life-changing journey. Oren was adopted from Guatemala by an Israeli family when he was a baby. Long unable to find his place in society, the teenager has been subject to ridicule because of his communication difficulties, while at the same time dealing with recurring false diagnoses of mental illness. Oren decides to take up a small video camera and document his own life. He embarks on a quest back to the country of his birth to seek out his biological family in the hopes of better defining his own identity.