Program 2 – Out of Bounds

Six short films that deal with identities, structures, and their deconstruction.

The Life and Death of Anna Lysis

Israel 2021

Dir.: Iftach Illouz

Pro.: Anchor Productions

Sc.:  Iftach Illouz

DP.: Tom Riechart

Ed.: Neta Amiram

Music: Kim Petras | Lana del Rey

Soundtrack Editing: Rotem Dror

Cast: Meitar Atias | Rodia Kozlovski | Eran Sarel | Josh Sagie | Shlomo Toledo | Itzik Ebel | Yuval Yanai  

Source: Minshar school for art

Produced with the support of: The New Fund For Cinema & Television (NFCT)

15 min. | Hebrew | English subtitles

Anna Lysis is a drag queen who meets different men over the course of one night. Some approach her; Some she flirts with. At the end of the night, all encounters unite and raise questions about trauma, identity, and repression.

The Dregs

Israel 2020

Dir.: Yuval Nitzan

Pro.: The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School

Sc.: Yuval Nitzan

DP.: Nehara Malkin

Ed.: Gidon Tokatly

Music: Roy Klener

Soundtrack Editing: Tal Simchas

Festivals: Tel Aviv Student Film Festival, Tbilisi International Student Film Festival

Cast: Roy Saar, Daniel Demidov-Halperin, Ori Smama, Michael Levi, Netanel Yehuda Halevi

Source: The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School

Produced with the support of: Gesher Multicultural Film Fund

15 min. | Hebrew | English subtitles

Amir is a soldier in a unit of handicapped soldiers, but dreams of being a combat soldier. When an important guest is set to visit their base, Amir decides to seize the opportunity – even if it means betraying his comrades and his own conscious.

Fata Morgana

Israel 2021

Dir.: Nitzan Rozen

Pro.: Nitzan Rozen

Sc.: Nitzan Rozen

DP.: Ilya Marcus

Ed.: Shira Hochman

Music: none

Soundtrack Editing:Nin Hazan

Cast: Yana Goor, Tamir Mulla

Source: Nitzan Rozen

Produced with support of: The New Fund for Cinema and TV

18 min. | Hebrew | English Subtitles

 A couple drives in the desert in a reality show, while filming themselves with head cameras. A Fata Morgana (mirage) on the road causes an accident. To avoid consequences, they hide the evidence and reshoot everything from the start. But like the mirage they saw, nothing is as it seems.

Night Syndrome

Israel 2021

Dir.: Oren Gvili

Pro.: Shemi Shinfeld

Sc.: Oren Gvili

DP: Saar Mizrahi

Ed.: Or Lee-Tal , Tal keller

Music: Ayelet Gabay

Soundtrack Editing: Ronen Nagel

Source: ComeBack Films

Produced with support of: The Gesher Multicultural Film Fund

18 min. | Hebrew | English subtitles

The sudden death of a Thai farmhand leads to tension between a farmer, Zvi, and his son, Erez, as the two strongly disagree on the cause.

Zvi’s theory is rooted in Asian folklore, which describes the occurrence of a sleep from which young men never wake. Erez dismisses his father’s explanation as a fantastical excuse made to shirk personal responsibility.

As Zvi continues to act as if it has nothing to do with him, Erez realizes he will have to confront his father. (Inspired by true events).

"Since 2008, Israeli employers and authorities conveniently rushed to attribute the deaths of about 40 Thai foreign workers to the “Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome", as if it was an act of God."

Lions awake in the summer

Israel 2021

Dir.: Almog Farhi

Pro.: minshar school for art

Sc.: Almog Farhi

DP.: Mielle Lavie

Ed.: Yarden levi

Soundtrack Editing: Rei Elbaz

Cast: Tomer Eshel,Ido Tako,Avi Azulay,Arie Tcherner.

Source: minshar school for art

Produced with the support of: NFCT-The new fund for cinema and tv.

18 min. | Hebrew | English subtitles

Two teenagers on their work day at the factory during the summer break

While working they play innocent games that become masculinity tests.

For the first time in their lives, they will have to understand that every act has consequences

The Swan at the Mouth of the River

Israel 2021, Documentary

Dir.: Daphna Mero

Pro.: Daphna Mero and Yael Mero

Dancer: Bernd R. Burgmaier

Sc.: Daphna Mero

DP: Yair Halper

Ed.: Daphna Mero

Sound design: Ori Tchechik

Pianist: Sarah Anna Irtuganov

Musical parts: "The Dying Swan", from: "The Carnival of the Animals" by Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns

Festivals: Premier

Source: Daphna Mero

An independent film

 21 min. | English | Hebrew subtitles

At the age of 41, Bernd Burgmaier wears his point shoes to dance his favorite female role, "The Dying Swan" one last time. After a fulfilling dancing career in "Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo" he leaves the stage, finds love, and settles in Tel-Aviv. A Docu-dance that challenges the binary perceptions of life and gender.