Tomer Heymann’s ‘I Am Not’ in Vinnik Evening of Jewish Culture

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 and racism for years, while at the same time dealing with recurring false diagnoses of mental illness.

Oren decides to take 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.