The films in this competition are nominated for:
The Lia van Leer Award, courtesy of Rivka Saker
Ostrovsky Family Fund Award
The films in this competition are nominated for:
The Lia van Leer Award, courtesy of Rivka Saker
Ostrovsky Family Fund Award
Genesis – deGenesis draws inspiration from the biblical narrative of the creation of the world, as recounted in the Book of Genesis
An interaction between a stick insect and a mechanical object give rise to a dance composed of a series of gentle movements of the stick insect.
Over the course of 24 hours people and cargo pile upon a truck standing on a trail in the Judea-plain. Lingering between past and future, the ongoing moment of lacking knowledge turns itself into a state of life.
The film documents a gradual process of self-formation, from a single cell to a fully articulated snack.
The video features a requiem walk of about 50 people that form some sort of extended family, or a tribe intersecting personal, social, and political matters.
Sleepers was shot at St. Mark’s Church sanctuary in September 2016 in the midst of a tumultuous election season. The dreams of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama described in the work were collected by writer Sheila Heti.