My Tree

My Tree
Directed byJason Sherman
Written byJason Sherman
Produced bySonya Di Rienzo
Aeschylus Poulos
Jason Sherman
Matt Code
CinematographyJohn Minh Tran
Edited byBen Lawrence
Music byStudiocat
Production
companies
Hawkeye Pictures
Some Canadian
Distributed byHawkeye Pictures
WaZabi Films
Release date
  • April 29, 2021 (2021-04-29) (Hot Docs)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

My Tree is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jason Sherman and released in 2021.[1] The film centres on his trip to Israel to locate a tree that was planted in his name decades earlier.[2]

The film premiered at the 2021 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[3]

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022,[4] and Ben Lawrence won the award for Best Editing in a Documentary,[5]

  1. ^ Lauren Malyk, "WaZabi Films scoops Jason Sherman’s My Tree". Playback, May 12, 2021.
  2. ^ Jeremy Kay, "WaZabi Films picks up Hot Docs sales title ‘My Tree’". Screen Daily, May 10, 2021.
  3. ^ Jason Gorber, "An Interview with Jason Sherman on My Tree and the Roots of Conflict in Israel". Point of View, May 2, 2021.
  4. ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
  5. ^ Jamie Samhan, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Winners: Broadcast News And Documentary & Factual". ET Canada, April 4, 2022.