The Milky Way (2023)
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Country:
Israel
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Duration:
97 min
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Genre:
drama
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Director:
Maya Kenig
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Producer:
Inès Daïen Dasi, Yaël Fogiel
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Cast:
Hila Ruach, Orli Roth Feldheim
About film
Tala is a single mother and musician who has not achieved success in her cacreer. Due to her inability to support herself and her child through her art, she takes a job as a milk donor for the company called «Milky Way». She pumps milk for wealthy clients but breaks company rules, leading to her temporary suspension. Out of curiosity, she meets one of her clients, and this meeting makes her to rethink her views on motherhood.
Rewards and nominations
- Jerusalem Film Festival 2024 (Israel) — nominee: The Haggiag Award for Best Israeli Feature
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2023 (Estonia) — Special Jury Mention, nominee: Best Film in Critics Picks Competition
Director
Maya Koenig is an Israeli-born screenwriter, director, and editor. She studied cinematography at the London Film School and the Sam Spiegel Film School in Jerusalem. Her short films «Top of the Worlds» and «My mother» have been shown at festivals around the world and on televesion in Israel and Europe. In 2012, Koenig's first feature film «Off White Lies» premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival. Since then, she has edited several other films and series sush as «Peaches and Cream» and «On the Spectrum» for which she won the Israeli Academy Award for Editing in 2018.
Sessions
Director
Maya Koenig is an Israeli-born screenwriter, director, and editor. She studied cinematography at the London Film School and the Sam Spiegel Film School in Jerusalem. Her short films «Top of the Worlds» and «My mother» have been shown at festivals around the world and on televesion in Israel and Europe. In 2012, Koenig's first feature film «Off White Lies» premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival. Since then, she has edited several other films and series sush as «Peaches and Cream» and «On the Spectrum» for which she won the Israeli Academy Award for Editing in 2018.
