Life After October 7, 2023, from the perspectives of six filmmakers, graduates of the School of Audio and Visual Arts at Sapir College residents of the Gaza Envelope, who woke up on the morning of October 7th to a day that would change the course of their lives forever.
In this original documentary project produced by Cinema South Festival, with the support of the New Fund for Cinema and Television and the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation “KAN”, the young filmmakers take us on a journey in search of the home that has been lost; in military reserves, or while packing their homes in the kibbutz, in evacuees hotels, in conversations with friends overseas or near the yellow gate, which was once a symbol of security and protection and is no longer.
When they can finally return home, what kind of home will it be?
בין הסדינים | Between the sheets
רותם אלקיים | Rotem Elkayam
Rotem’s life was forever changed by the war and the refugee crisis on October 7, forcing her to search for a new home. As she drifts through the night, moving between the homes of different men in Tel Aviv, she finds nothing but loneliness.
וידויים | Confessions
עמית אראל ממן, עומר דאידה | Amit Erel Maman, Omer Daida
To the studio in the hotel, women who were evacuated from their homes arrive. Through a feminine ritual, they confess and break down, while outside there is a war.
ישראל אהובתי | Israel, Mon Amour
אנאבל טרגובניק | Annabel Targownik
Annabel, a Jewish-German new immigrant in Israel is torn between her two identities once the war starts. This film asks every immigrant’s question: about belonging, identity, and a new home.
לא גיבורים | No Heroes
צבי דוד | Tzvi David
Yarden Dahan likes to be called “Dada” and shuns the title “Hero.” In his personal journal, he captures the essence of his journey as an artillery soldier in the Iron Swords conflict war.
לברוח מגן עדן | Escape From Heaven
שני כהן | Shani Cohen
A window overlooking a view in A Kibbutz near Gaza and and phone calls between a daughter and a worried mother Revealing the trauma of the seventh of October.
צ’ק פוינט | Check Point
כינר דר | Kinar Dar
The yellow gate, which stands at the entrance of every kibbutz, was once a symbol of safety and defense. Through conversations with the guards at the gate, we gain insight into the unsettling reality and the feeling that something could happen at any moment. Will the gate be able to shield us next time
Credits:
Artistic Accompaniment: Robby Elmaliah
Producers: Tamir Hod, Lihi Binyamin
Production Company: “Cinema South Festival, The School of Audio-Visual Arts
at Sapir Academic College”
Production Consultation: Ronen Machlis Balzam
Executive Producer: Ana Yeffet
Editing Consultation: Robby Elmaliah, Lev Goltser
Artistic Consultation: “Prof Sami Shalom Chetrit, Prof Philip Balaish, Jonathan Bar Giora”
“The School of Audio-Visual Arts at Sapir Academic College”
Head of School and Chairman of CSF: Prof Sami Shalom Chetrit
Head of the Undergraduate Program: Jonathan Bar Giora
Administrative Manager: Gali Luzon
