Program 2 – Life, Death and In Between

Four films that shift between life and its end

Screening in the presence of the creators

Tethys Sea

Israel 2023

Dir.: Shemer Gaon

Pro.: Shemer Gaon

Sc.: Shemer Gaon

DP.: Mathias Zagoni

Ed.: Zohar Sela 

Soundtrack Editing: Nati Zeidenstadt

Music: Zohar Sela 

Cast: Shlomo Baraba, Niva Lev, Lascha Shimshoni

Source: Jeean - Baraba Films

Produced with the support of: A'arava Foundation - Tinker & Eyal Shirahi  

30 min. | Hebrew and English | Hebrew and English Subtitles 

In the middle of the desert, at the junction between two roads going nowhere, "Tethys" was founded. A place where terminally ill patients come to end their lives. These are the final hours of Avshalom.

After Life: 

Israel 2022

Dir.: Amnon Halbersberg

Pro.: Roy Bareket

Sc.: Amnon Halbersberg

DP.: Omer Rosenberg

Ed.: Yuli Shiloach

Soundtrack Editing: Tal Simchas

Music: Matan Caspi, Gilad Levin

Cast: Michal Toporek, Eran Lachman, Shir Leiba, Amir Banai

Source: Sam Spiegel Film and TV School

16 min. | English | English and Hebrew Subtitles 

On her high school field trip, Yael jumps off a cliff only to arrive in the afterlife. There she meets the angel Uriel who wants to send her back to this life, but Yael prefers to remain in the afterlife.

Bloody Groom

Israel 2023

Dir.: Aviad Shtachelberd

Pro.: Leah Tonic, Lev Orlov

Sc.: Aviad Shtachelberd

DP.: Gal Rumbak

Ed.: Noy Barak

Soundtrack Editing: Yonatan Englander

Music: Nitsan Kolko

Cast: Miki Leon, Itamar Tenenbaum

Produced with the support of: The Jerusalem Film Fund, The New Fund for Cinema and Television (NFCT)

Source: Lev Orlov Films

15 min. | English | English and Hebrew Subtitles 

Moishi falls in love with Rachel, a young woman whose previous husbands have all died. Moishi runs away from his parents, who are angry at his decision, straight into the hands of Haim the butcher, who turns out to be the devil himself. Haim, the devil, who turns out to be a romantic character, tries to understand why Moshi insists on marrying Rachel. If Moishi sticks to his decision, Haim will have no choice but to kill him.