Israel Archives - Directors Notes

Tomer Shushan’s ‘White Eye’ is a Piercing Exploration of White Privilege in Israel Told in an Epic One-Shot

Tomer Shushan discusses investigating the different layers at play in Israeli society through his tense Oscar shortlisted one-take short 'White Eye'.

Live Action

Dekel Berenson Poignantly Captures the Ukrainian Love Tourism Industry in BIFA Winning Short ‘Anna’

Part two of a series exploring women's lives across the globe Dekel Berenson discusses 'Anna' his touching portrait of the Ukrainian love tourism industry.

Music

Adi Halfin Takes a Voyage Through an Enigmatic Country of Interconnected Stories in Kris Kelly’s ‘Birthplace’

Adi Halfin tells DN how unshakable characters, a late night desert experience and working on instinct resulted in enigmatic music video 'Birthplace'.

Animation, Asides

GIFs of Thrones

Eran Mendel reprises his role as Game of Thrones GIF creator with his playful 'GIFs of Thrones' trailer along with a flirtatious episode 1 dragon flight.

Documentary

Adi Halfin Reveals How India’s First Female Pro Skateborder Atita Verghese Is Fighting Outmoded Gender Roles

In her inspiring profile doc for Toyota Adi Halfin reveals how India’s first female pro skateboarder Atita Verghese is fighting outmoded gender roles.

Animation, Music

Shahaf Ram Serves up the Strangest Game of Tennis You’ve Ever Seen in Animated Music Video ‘White Lies’

Director Shahaf Ram shares the inspiration behind his fantastically bizarre animated tennis match music video for TATRAN’s ‘White Lies’.

Asides, Music

Totemo: Origami

Hagay Swisa unfolds the frozen fragmentary memories floating in a young woman’s subconscious world in surreal music video 'Origami' for Totemo.

Animation, Asides, Music

The Academics: Hit Radio Tune

Director Ynon Lan brings colourful New York summer vibes to his stylised rotoscoped music video for The Academics‘ 'Hit Radio Tune'.

Art & Fashion, Asides

Common Ground

Kobi Vogman’s 'Common Ground' presents a disquieting cycle of creation and destruction as an imagined place of surreal imagination succumbs to a flood.

Animation, Asides

The Untangled Routine

A series of bizarre creations exist in an empty space in this oddly compelling piece of stop-motion from Bezalel Academy graduate Orit Oged.

Animation, Documentary

Daphna Awadish Searches for the Meaning of Home in Wistful Animated Documentary ‘Journey Birds’

Daphna Awadish reflects on the meaning of home amongst long-term immigrants in her Bezalel Academy animated documentary 'Journey Birds'.

Animation

Shahaf Ram Charts the Progression of a Broken Heart in the Sublimely Mournful ‘Separation’

Shahaf Ram takes DN through the creation of 'Separation', his sublimely realised mixed media expression of the emotional devastation caused by lost love.

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