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Fantastic Reality
Leon a 15 year old is part of the Cosplay community, teenagers who dress up as characters from comics and Japanese Anime, meet and role-play. Leon writes a blog, where he appears as a French character from a web show. Leon’s blog has over 100,000 fans from all over the world that know him as the character- bold, sassy and colorful, totally different from his own personality. As the character he is being asked about topics such as confidence, love, friendship and personal relationships, which he answers with great confidence, while his big secret remains unrevealed between the lines.
As he becomes a well known virtual character and appreciated cosplay, he begins to unfold and take off his costume understanding who he reallys- he is a boy trapped in the body of a girl. Now Leon can look deep within with great honesty , explore his true self and share it with the world.
Festivals and Awards:
Docaviv 2015
Director: Avital Koren- Benacot
Producer: Avital Koren- Benacot
Cinematographer: Eliran Knoler
Editor: Yoni Tzruia
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and TV, Ministry for Culture and Sport, The Second Authority for Television & Radio
Musicians: Eli Benacot
Script: Avital Koren- Benacot
Subtitles: English, Hebrew, Russian
Film Name in Hebrew: מציאות פנטסטית
Category: Art and Culture / Children and Youth / Identity / International Stories
Tag Words: Anime costumes identity Imagination role playing games youth
Leon a 15 year old is part of the Cosplay community, teenagers who dress up as characters from comics and Japanese Anime, meet and role-play. Leon writes a blog, where he appears as a French character from a web show. Leon’s blog has over 100,000 fans from all over the world that know him as the character- bold, sassy and colorful, totally different from his own personality. As the character he is being asked about topics such as confidence, love, friendship and personal relationships, which he answers with great confidence, while his big secret remains unrevealed between the lines.
As he becomes a well known virtual character and appreciated cosplay, he begins to unfold and take off his costume understanding who he reallys- he is a boy trapped in the body of a girl. Now Leon can look deep within with great honesty , explore his true self and share it with the world.
Festivals and Awards:
Docaviv 2015
Director: Avital Koren- Benacot
Producer: Avital Koren- Benacot
Cinematographer: Eliran Knoler
Editor: Yoni Tzruia
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and TV, Ministry for Culture and Sport, The Second Authority for Television & Radio
Musicians: Eli Benacot
Script: Avital Koren- Benacot
Subtitles: English, Hebrew, Russian
Film Name in Hebrew: מציאות פנטסטית
Category: Art and Culture / Children and Youth / Identity / International Stories
Tag Words: Anime costumes identity Imagination role playing games youth