A collection of six films dealing with different perspectives on lesbian life. Young women and mature, women who just came out, women in a mid-life crisis. Short films about discovery, journey, the end and also one hamster.
This set includes films from USA, Ukraine, Poland, UK and Hungary.
Duration: 85 minutes
Director: Jason Laurits
Script: Jason Laurits
Producer: Jason Laurits
With: Joan Shangold, Marilyn Busch
USA, 2023 ,15 min, English with Hebrew subtitles
The sudden death of Ruth’s beloved hamster reveals a decaying marriage with her curmudgeonly wife, Connie. Ruth must either accept the death of things or keep spinning the wheel.
Director: Natasza Parzymies
Script: Natasza Parzymies, Alicja Sokół
Producer: Maciej Ślesicki
With: Dorota Pomykała, Dorota Stalińska
Poland, 2023, 25 minutes, Polish with English subtitles
Festivals:
Krakow Film Festival 2023
Two elderly women reunite after 50 years to go on one final trip together and fight for the feelings they once shared.
Director: Ella Greenwood
Script: Toto Bruin
Producer: Maya Bartely O’Dea
With: Phoebe Campbell, Rebecca Calder, Clinton Blake
UK, 2023, 19 minutes, English with Hebrew subtitles
As New Year’s Eve festivities are underway on the floor above, in a single-take snapshot, Allie and Erin have a chance encounter down below. But when Allie recognizes Erin from over a decade ago, the past breaks the surface, and fireworks ensue.
Director: Dorka Vermes
Script: Dorka Vermes
Producer: Balazs Zachar
With: Kati Homonnai, Pomponia Palya
Hungry, 2023, 19 minutes, Hungarian with English subtitles
Festivals & Awards:
Budapest International Short Film Festival 2023 – Special Mention of Main Competition, Audience Award of the Queer Dreams section
Sarajevo Film Festival 2023 – International Premiere
Filmschoolfest Munich 2023
Edina is a middle aged intellectual whose relationship with her long-term girlfriend recently ended but she couldn’t process the break up yet. She goes to a beauty salon for a full-on bikini wax. During the painful treatment she gets in touch with her repressed memories and with her inner sorrow.
Based on the short story by Nancy Jo Cullen.
Director: Julieta Tetelbaum
Script: Julieta Tetelbaum
Producer: Genderless Films
With: Cindy Keiter, Luciana Graso
Argentina, 11 minutes, 2023, English with Hebrew subtitles
The film is a journey through the mind of a 65-year-old working-class lesbian who’s addicted to sugar and can’t stop thinking about her ex-girlfriend from youth. She lives with her partner – a mannequin that she’s built to look exactly like her ex. The tragicomic piece delves deep into moments of intimacy, loneliness, sexuality, joy and the desperate longing to be loved.
Creators in attendance. Q&A session after the screening.
A feature documentary filmed over 21 years, follows Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie’s epic journey as the dynastic heir of 38 generations of Orthodox rabbis including the
Winner of the Best Film award at the 2010 TLVFest, this is one of the most powerful films you’ll see this year. Director Mladen Djordjevic
21yo Dylan is a day laborer and a farm hand who works hard to support his family and be a father figure to his younger
