Love Inventory

David Fisher and Ronel Fisher

After the death of their parents, Filmmaker David Fisher feels that his family has grown apart and that his siblings are focused on their careers and relationships with their spouses and children. Fisher believes that a search for their sister, who was allegedly taken from their parents at birth, will help them bond. Fisher and his four siblings, whose parents were Holocaust survivors, set out on a journey that deals with both family dynamics and the history and establishment of the State of Israel. The siblings become amateur detectives, searching for any evidence that might lead them to their sister.[2]

It is a story of five siblings looking for a lost sister who end up finding themselves.[3]

The film was shot on Standard-definition television and a 35mm print of the film was made. The film was produced for Noga Communications Channel 8 with the support of The New Fund for Cinema and Television (NFCT) and the Israeli Film Council. The film was broadcast by ARTE[4] in Europe and on 73 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) channels in the United States in the framework of the Independent Lens series.[5] The film had limited theatrical release in Israel[6] and in German speaking countries in Europe by Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek.[7] The film is distributed to institutions and individuals in the US by the National center for Jewish films.

In 1999 before the film was released, and as part of the production of the film, an imaginary composite portrait of the missing sister was published in the daily newspaper Yedioth Aharonoth.[8] The portrait was composed of the common characteristics of the five Fisher siblings and was issued as an attempt to draw the attention of the missing sister, if she was indeed alive as was suspected by the Fishers.

Additional production credits:

• Aya Minster – Script Editor
• Etay Elohev – Sound
• Eli Taragan – Sound
• The film's theme song entitled "Son of Joseph and Mali" was composed and performed by Amnon Fisher.

The film won the following awards:

• The Wolgin award for best documentary at the Jerusalem International Film Festival 2000.[9]
• The Ophir Award by the Israeli Film Academy for best documentary in 2000.[10]
• The DocuNoga award for best documentary 2000.[11]
• The Merit award at the Taiwan International Documentary Festival 2002.[12]

The film was selected and screened at the following International film festivals:

• Jerusalem International Film Festival 2000 (World Premiere).[13]
• Berlin International Film festival Forum 2001 (International Premiere).[14]
• Taiwan International Documentary Festival 2002.[15]
• Hong Kong International Film Festival 2001.[16]
• Chicago International documentary festival 2001.[17]
• Worldfest Film Festival, Huston.[18]
• Input Conference 2001.[19]
• DokFest Munich Film Festival.[20]
• Boston International Film Festival.[21]
• Bangkok International Film Festival 2001.[22]
• CineManila Film Festival.[23]
• Various Jewish Film Festivals.[24][25][26][27]

• Variety review
• New Jersey Jewish News review
• Boston Phoenix review

• Love Inventory at The New Fund for Cinema and Television (NFCT)
• Love Inventory at ARTE
• Love Inventory website at ITVS
• Love Inventory at Independent Lens/PBS
• Love Inventory at National center for Jewish films
• Love Inventory at British Film Institute
• Love Inventory Trailer on YouTube
• The film's theme song "The Son Of Joseph and Mali" composed and performed by Amnon Fisher on YouTube In Hebrew
• Love Inventory at Fisher Features