Domestic - Short Animation Films program

Curated by producer and animation artist Daniella Koffler on women’s gaze of their home, both physical and mental. The pandemic has redefined home for many families and people, especially women. Many homes have gone out of balance, some broke down as a cause of domestic violence while others became a place of refuge and haven. The films in the program and the discussion with the filmmakers reflect upon this scope of themes in light of the pandemic

Homesick

Directors: Hila Einy, Yoav Aluf,  Noy Bar

7 Min

A crisis in a young woman's
life forces her to return to her parents' home. Her reappearance shakes the delicate balance in the family nest.  
 

Essence
Director: Ella Brn Yacov, Anita Hagadust. 9 Min
Rachel and Leila are two jewish girls that live peacefully in Iraq and Iran.They run away due to different historical threats and immigrate to Israel. They both lose their homes and cultures but find comfort in Tea, and each other.

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Six to Six

Director: Neta Cohen. 7 min
During the lengthy sleepless nights, the familiar home surroundings of a new mother take on a dark, eerie appearance.Night after night, the long hours of sleeplessness trickle slowly, from twilight to dawn.
The TV offers no real diversion, leaving the eyes free to roam around the familiar house surroundings. To the tired, itchy senses, incapable of telling truth from imagination, the well-known environment takes on an eerie, even sinister, character. Movement can be discerned, where usually there is none; things appear either slower or quicker then normal; sounds are variously dimmed or over-accentuated;
time itself seems to advance in sudden jerks.

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Fata Morgana
Directors: Daniella Bokor, Leanna Berkovitch.  11 min
Three women living life as nomads. Cristina travels the world, Anna takes her daughter wherever she goes, and Rachel has made her home under a branch roof, in a tent and in a cave. What does each woman pack in her knapsack before she sets out on her own? The movie confronts the conflict between the stability of motherhood and life at home, and the yearning to wander.

Autumn
Director-  Sofis Gutman. 1.5 Min
Its Autumn, birds are migrating to warmer climate.
On the gray streets of Paris, illegal immigrants are selling shoes.
Winter is near.

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Erosion
Director: Rotem Bloch. 6 min
A woman that lives a normal life notices that her body crumbles into sand. She tries to continue with her life until she can no longer leave the house, for the wind and rain are eroding her body.

Baggage
Director: Einat Keshst. 6 min
The journey of Reut with her father during which she forms her own independent identity.

 

Saving  pooh
2 min

A childhood memory of a grandmother who has to deal daily with the chance of losing her only friend, Pooh.

Meanwhile
Director: Tamar Chetzroni. 4 min
after having an abortion, the unborn baby reappears in her life.

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Between Two, Diary
Director: Daniella Shnitzer. 4 min
A personal diary about living in between two countries.

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Ensomania

Director: Ilona Yudin. 4 Min

A trippy and nerve-wracking animated film about coping with anxieties and the fear of stigmas attached to taking medication. A girl suffering from insomnia is unsure of taking her medication. But when the fear of what others will think overwhelms her, she must inevitably confront her demons.