DOUBLE INCOME, KIDS

An Israeli gay couple’s journey in pursuing their dream to become parents of twins.

SYNOPSIS

We closely follow an Israeli gay couple on their way to parenthood for the duration of one year. They want twins, to both become fathers, with the help of an American surrogate mother. A close look on Israel’s society and the main stream gay baby boom.

DIRECTOR’S NOTE

“I’ve never met so many gays with the deep longing to become fathers as I have in Israel. In Germany, there seems to me to be a broad acceptance of childless relationships. There are ever more women or couples choosing to pursue a career before family since the time when I was born. There also seems to be a general consensus that our overpopulated world doesn’t need any more people. So, growing up as a gay man in Berlin, the natural assumption was the believe you would be childless your entire life. In Tel Aviv I was confronted by a very different assumption...”

– Hendrik Schäfer

CREDITS

Original Title Double Income, Kids
Genre Documentary
Length 94 min.
Format UHD, 16:9, Color, 7.1
Languages Hebrew, English, Spanish
Subtitles English, German
Locations Israel, USA
Production Country Germany
Release 2019
Co-Producers SWR, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Funding MFG Film Funding
World Sales WIDE

Director & DoP Hendrik Schäfer
Producer Igor Dovgal
Executive Producer Denise Neustadt, Hendrik Schäfer
Commissioning editor SWR Marcus Vetter
Film Editor Ina Tangermann, Hendrik Schäfer, Julia Meyer-Pavlovic
Re-Recording Mixer Thomas Rother
Film Music Patrick Puszko