Song of Songs is a 2006 film directed by Josh Appignanesi

Josh Appignanesi

Josh Appignanesi is a British film director, producer, and screenwriter.Appignanesi is best known for the feature film Song Of Songs , starring Nathalie Press, which he directed, co-wrote and co-produced. The film won several awards including a special commendation for Best British Film at the...

 and written by Josh Appignanesi and Jay Basu. It stars Natalie Press

Natalie Press

Natalie Press is an English actress, perhaps best known for her award-winning performance in the 2004 film My Summer of Love and a number of short and feature length independent films, including Wasp, which won the 2005 Academy Award for Live Action Short Film.-Personal life:Press is from North...

 and Joel Chalfen. Press plays a devoutly orthodox Jewish young woman who tries to bring her estranged, secular brother back into the fold.

Made in the UK, it was released there in February 2006 after winning a special commendation for Best British Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival

Edinburgh International Film Festival

The Edinburgh International Film Festival is an annual fortnight of cinema screenings and related events taking place each June. Established in 1947, it is the world's oldest continually running film festival...

 2005 and a nomination for the Tiger Awards at the International Film Festival Rotterdam

International Film Festival Rotterdam

The International Film Festival Rotterdam is an annual film festival held in various cinemas in Rotterdam, Netherlands held at the end of January. It is approximately comparable in size to other major European festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and Locarno...

 (2006). The film was produced by Gayle Griffiths who won the Alfred Dunhill UK Talent Film Award at the London Film Festival

London Film Festival

The BFI London Film Festival is the UK's largest public film event, screening more than 300 features, documentaries and shorts from almost 50 countries. The festival, , currently in its 54th year, is run every year in the second half of October under the umbrella of the British Film Institute...

2005 for the production.