Her Dance (2020)
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Country:
Israel
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Duration:
22 min
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Genre:
drama
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Director:
Bar Cohen
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Producer:
Linoy Peled, Pnina Ronen
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Cast:
Leeoz Levy, Carmit Mesilati Kaplan, Hagar Meshulam Weizman
About film
This is a powerful reflection on being transgender in Orthodox communities. A young woman shows up uninvited to a family religious celebration, where no one recognises her and her own mother tries to make her leave as soon as possible. The heroine didn’t even make it to her sister’s wedding because her conservative relatives will never accept that her body is no one’s choice but hers. Many works of art rhyme LGBTQIA+ and Jewish themes, but the result is seldom so subtle and illustrative as Her Dance.
Rewards and nominations
- Palm Springs International ShortFest 2021 — Best Student International Short, Audience Award
- BAFTA Student Film Awards 2021 — Official Selection
- Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival 2020 — Official Selection
- Aspen Shortfest 2021 — Official Selection
- Indy Shorts International Film Festival 2021 (USA) — Official Selection
- St. John's International Women's Film Festival 2021 — Official Selection
Director
Bar Cohen is an Israeli director and screenwriter. She studies at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television in Tel Aviv under the mentorship of the famous director Maya Dreifuss. The short film Her Dance was made by Cohen as part of her 2nd-year studies to tell about the hardships that transgender people face in Jewish communities. It is based on the director’s own experience as a transgender person. The debut turned out to be a success and was named the Best Student International Short at the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival. The winning films in this category are automatically shortlisted for the Academy Awards.
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Director
Bar Cohen is an Israeli director and screenwriter. She studies at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television in Tel Aviv under the mentorship of the famous director Maya Dreifuss. The short film Her Dance was made by Cohen as part of her 2nd-year studies to tell about the hardships that transgender people face in Jewish communities. It is based on the director’s own experience as a transgender person. The debut turned out to be a success and was named the Best Student International Short at the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival. The winning films in this category are automatically shortlisted for the Academy Awards.
