''My Tree'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by

Jason Sherman Jason Sherman (born July 28, 1962, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter. After graduating from the creative writing program at York University in 1985, Sherman co-founded What Publishing with Kevin Connolly, which produc ...

and released in 2021. The film centres on his trip to

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

to locate a tree that was planted in his name decades earlier. The film premiered at the 2021

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. The film received a

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nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the

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in 2022, and Ben Lawrence won the award for Best Editing in a Documentary,Jamie Samhan
"2022 Canadian Screen Award Winners: Broadcast News And Documentary & Factual"
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'', April 4, 2022.

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