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ADA - My Mother the Architect

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Ada Karmi Melamede is one of the most accomplished female architects in the world, but very little is known about her outside her home country of Israel. ADA - MY MOTHER THE ARCHITECT is a deeply moving portrait of an extraordinary woman directed by her daughter, filmmaker, and former architect, Yael Melamede. Ada is a true pioneer who, like many successful working mothers of her time, was forced to make impossible choices. Despite personal sacrifices, Ada's work gave physical form to some of Israel's highest democratic ideals, most notably in the acclaimed Supreme Court building in Jerusalem, the Open University, Ben Gurion airport, and numerous civic institutions around the country. ADA - MY MOTHER THE ARCHITECT profiles a woman and artist deeply tested by the realities of career and motherhood, and a unique mother-daughter bond.
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Nell Minow RogerEbert.com In filmmaker Yael Melamede’s biographical film about her mother, pioneering Israeli architect Ada Karmi-Melamede, the two ways of seeing the world and telling a story come together. Rated: 3.5/4 May 9, 2025 Full Review Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru An captivating, well-edited and illuminating documentary biopic about Ada Karmi-Melamede, an Israeli architect who deserves to be better known. May 1, 2025 Full Review Nora Lee Mandel Maven's Nest Director/daughter Melamede outlines her lively octogenarian mother Ada Karmi-Melamede's teachings about architecture as Roots, Routes, Light, and Time, plus insights into her designs with tours of her works, especially revealing for non-architects. Rated: 8/10 Apr 28, 2025 Full Review Brandon Judell Brandon Judell (Medium) What survives longer than a memory? Buildings, of course. Just ask Ada Karmi-Melamede, the subject of her daughter’s unflinching documentary, Ada: My Mother the Architect. As a voiceover notes: “She is the Madonna of Israeli architecture." Feb 6, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Ada Karmi Melamede is one of the most accomplished female architects in the world, but very little is known about her outside her home country of Israel. ADA - MY MOTHER THE ARCHITECT is a deeply moving portrait of an extraordinary woman directed by her daughter, filmmaker, and former architect, Yael Melamede. Ada is a true pioneer who, like many successful working mothers of her time, was forced to make impossible choices. Despite personal sacrifices, Ada's work gave physical form to some of Israel's highest democratic ideals, most notably in the acclaimed Supreme Court building in Jerusalem, the Open University, Ben Gurion airport, and numerous civic institutions around the country. ADA - MY MOTHER THE ARCHITECT profiles a woman and artist deeply tested by the realities of career and motherhood, and a unique mother-daughter bond.
Director
Yael Melamede
Producer
Hilla Medalia
Distributor
Yes Docu
Production Co
Medalia Productions, Yes Docu, SALTY Features
Genre
Documentary, Biography
Original Language
Hebrew
Release Date (Theaters)
May 9, 2025, Limited
Runtime
1h 21m