שתיים \\ Two
Director, Writer, Editor: Astar Elkayam
Producer: Ronen Ben Tal
Cinematography: Gil Shani
Music: Yael Deckelbaum
Cast: Or Polanuer, Agam Schuster, Gil Desiano, Naama Preis, Hadas Kalderon, Sobhi Hosari
Israel, 2021, 80 minutes, Hebrew with English Subtitles
Festivals:
Molodist: Kyiv International Film Festival 2021
Inside Out: Toronto LGBTQ Film Festival 2021
Toronto Jewish Film Festival 2021
Thessaloniki International LGBTQ Film Festival 2021
UK Jewish Film Festival 2021
Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2021
Out On Film: Atlanta’s LGBTQ Film Festival 2021
Philadelphia LGBTQ Film Festival 2021
Astar Elkayam’s film is a touching and personal cinematic piece. We are proud to open the 16th TLVFest – the Tel Aviv LGBTQ Film Festival with the film “Two”, that is already being showcased in festivals all over the world. Now it is our chance to watch the film of two women who decide to start a family.
Bar and Omer are a couple living together. Bar is a chef and is taking antidepressants, and Omer is a dancer. They are on a journey to get pregnant and have a child of their own. Choosing a sperm donor from the catalogue, meetings with the medical professionals – the girls are convinced their love will overcome all obstacles. But the repeated failures, the invasive treatments that cause Omer pain, and Bar’s feelings that she isn’t truly part of the process, but only accompanying it all, start to rattle their relationship. Other characters invading the girls’ world will shake things even further.