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The Milky Way
Tala (33) is a quirky musician and a newly single mother. To support her baby daughter, she is forced to take a job at the Milky Way, a repository for mother’s milk where women can pump and sell their breast milk. It’s an awkward set up, but everything could work out fine if only Tala could get out of her own way and stop getting into trouble. A chance encounter wit a wealthy woman who has been buying Tala’s milk sets her off on a surprising journey, where she will discover what it really means to be a mother.
Festivals and Awards:
Special Jury Mention - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia, 2023; First Prize - Weil Bloch Film Award 2023
Director: Maya Kenig
Producer: Maya Fischer, Gal Greenspan, Roi Kurland, Moshe Edery, Roni Shamiss, Alona Refua, Yael Fogiel, Ines Daien
Production Company: Green Productions, LES FILMS DU POISSON
Cinematographer: Amit Yasur
Editor: Maya Kenig
Soundtrack Editor: Aviv Aldema, Bruno Mercère
Original Soundtrack: Assa Raviv, Tom Armoni, Hila Ruach
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Israel Film Fund, United King, CNC
Colourist / Online Editor: Anne-Sophie Queneuille
Visual Effects: Julian Nouveau, Robin Deriaud
Cast: Hila Ruach, Hadas Yaron, Orli Roth Feldheim, Tali Sharon, Maayan Turgeman, Samira Saraya
Script: Maya Kenig
Subtitles: Hebrew, English, French
Film Name in Hebrew: חלב
Category: Health / Human Rights / Israeli Society / Minorities / Science / Weil Bloch Film Award / Women
Tag Words: art Baby Breast milk breastfeeding Dystopia Future Love Milk Mothers Music Postpartum Depression Production line Science Weil Bloch Film Award women
Tala (33) is a quirky musician and a newly single mother. To support her baby daughter, she is forced to take a job at the Milky Way, a repository for mother’s milk where women can pump and sell their breast milk. It’s an awkward set up, but everything could work out fine if only Tala could get out of her own way and stop getting into trouble. A chance encounter wit a wealthy woman who has been buying Tala’s milk sets her off on a surprising journey, where she will discover what it really means to be a mother.
Festivals and Awards:
Special Jury Mention - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia, 2023; First Prize - Weil Bloch Film Award 2023
Director: Maya Kenig
Producer: Maya Fischer, Gal Greenspan, Roi Kurland, Moshe Edery, Roni Shamiss, Alona Refua, Yael Fogiel, Ines Daien
Production Company: Green Productions, LES FILMS DU POISSON
Cinematographer: Amit Yasur
Editor: Maya Kenig
Soundtrack Editor: Aviv Aldema, Bruno Mercère
Original Soundtrack: Assa Raviv, Tom Armoni, Hila Ruach
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Israel Film Fund, United King, CNC
Colourist / Online Editor: Anne-Sophie Queneuille
Visual Effects: Julian Nouveau, Robin Deriaud
Cast: Hila Ruach, Hadas Yaron, Orli Roth Feldheim, Tali Sharon, Maayan Turgeman, Samira Saraya
Script: Maya Kenig
Subtitles: Hebrew, English, French
Film Name in Hebrew: חלב
Category: Health / Human Rights / Israeli Society / Minorities / Science / Weil Bloch Film Award / Women
Tag Words: art Baby Breast milk breastfeeding Dystopia Future Love Milk Mothers Music Postpartum Depression Production line Science Weil Bloch Film Award women