Kosher (2020)
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Country:
Israel
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Duration:
12 min
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Genre:
drama
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Director:
Gideon Imagor
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Producer:
Yana Riahi, Hilla Zax
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Cast:
Dania Landsberg, Razia Israeli, Daniel Engel
About film
This film demonstrates a starkly feminist approach to one of the most important Jewish traditions — the immersion in the Mikveh, a ritual bath that helps a woman get pure after her menstruation. The heroine of the film simply goes through this alienating tradition, condemned to the duty by the right of birth. This cold, alien space is depicted so tormentingly (like the doctor’s appointments in Never Rarely Sometimes Always, a recent film about teenage abortions in the U.S. that made much noise at film festivals) — and all this artistic complexity is presented in a film that is only 12 minutes long.
Rewards and nominations
- Settimo Short Film Festival 2020 (Italy) — Best Short Film Award
- 12th Long Short Film Festival (Israel) — Audience award
- 10th Asti International Film Festival (Italy) — Audience award
- Figari Film Festival 2021 (Italy) — Special Mention Award
- International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima 2020 (Poland) — Special Mention Best Short Film
- 54th World Fest Houston (USA) — Bronze Remi Award
Director
Gideon Imagor is an up-and-coming Israeli director, editor, and screenwriter. Probably one of his most notable projects is the drama 15 Years (2019) that was sold to Apple TV and Amazon Prime, and on which Imagor worked as an assistant editor. His first directorial project, the short film Kosher, was screened at the Human Rights Film Festival Barcelona. The film is dedicated to the conflict between public expectations and the individual and was distinguished at film festivals as a highly emotional work. Imagor combines his filmmaking projects with the work on Israeli television, film photography, and studying the Arabic language.
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Director
Gideon Imagor is an up-and-coming Israeli director, editor, and screenwriter. Probably one of his most notable projects is the drama 15 Years (2019) that was sold to Apple TV and Amazon Prime, and on which Imagor worked as an assistant editor. His first directorial project, the short film Kosher, was screened at the Human Rights Film Festival Barcelona. The film is dedicated to the conflict between public expectations and the individual and was distinguished at film festivals as a highly emotional work. Imagor combines his filmmaking projects with the work on Israeli television, film photography, and studying the Arabic language.
