The Filmmaker

For nearly three decades, Adi Fainaru worked as a television producer, bringing deeply human stories to the screen. Those years taught her to build trust and listen both to what is spoken and to what remains outside the frame. Her studies in phototherapy added another dimension to Adi’s work, deepening her understanding of the relationship between photography, memory and emotion, and of the camera’s ability to reach places that words cannot.

Adi also came to A Soul Cannot Be Buried as the mother of an 18-year-old daughter. After October 7, Adi was gripped by a paralyzing fear, born of the painful realization that we cannot truly protect our children from all harm and that even all the love in the world cannot guarantee their safety. She carried that fear into her encounters with the parents, and it shaped the way she chose to observe and document their journey: with closeness, attentive listening and profound respect for what they chose to reveal.

Adi set out for India alone, without a film crew, with a camera and two wireless microphones. As the journey unfolded, the camera ceased to feel like an outside presence, and Adi became part of the group. Through this closeness, the most intimate moments of the journey opened up to her: moments of pain and longing, but also of laughter, connection and life.