Gila Who Walks Alone
France, Israel2021fiction20'Międzynarodowy konkurs filmów krótkometrażowych (2022)
A group of girls of various ages freeze motionless in one of the cubicle estates of Orthodox Jews in Bethlehem. They are playing the game of statues. Gila, who is the tallest and oldest among them, is responsible for looking after the younger ones. It is evident that the growing teenager would like to get out of her cramped, crowded flat. Paradoxically, her way to freedom is to get married. Hence the idea of dating a deaf bachelor. She also gets a moment to breathe during a lonely walk to Rachel’s Tomb - the Judaistic symbol of comfort and consolation.
- directed by
- Yuval Shapira
Israeli-Romanian director based in New York, Yuval Shapira participated in the Berlinale Talents Program in Sarajevo and the Reykjavik IFF Talent Lab. His short film Babies was awarded the school’s Filmnation Production Award for best narrative movie, as well as Special Jury Prizes at Festival International du Film d’Amiens, Mammoth Lakes International Film Festival and Trinity International Film Festival. His previous short films were screened in numerous international festivals. In 2021, he shoots the short film Gila who walks alone in Jerusalem.
- cinematography
- Ilya Marcus
- script
- Yuval Shapira
- music
- Daniel Kiczales
- editing
- Shira Hochman
- production
- Alexandra Reveyrand-de Menthon, Aviv Ben Shlush (Marabout Films)
- Photo
