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Jenny & Jenny
Jenny and Jenny meet every day; Jenny and Jenny speak every day; Jenny and Jenny correspond; Jenny and Jenny share heartbreaks and happy times. Jenny and Jenny are 17-years-old cousins, living in the town of Bat Yam. This film follows one summer in their lives as they make the transition from girlhood to womanhood. How do they interpret the world? What kind of emerging awareness do they have of their position as women? What do they love, and what can they tolerate? What are their dreams and what are their fears? How do they, and we, perceive the tragic side of being a woman, along with the charm that it entails? And what is the very thirst for life, the vigor, and the passion quivering within them that this film tries to capture?
Festivals and Awards:
Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 1997; The Israeli Film Center Award - Cut, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1997; Denver Film Festival, USA, 1997; Input, 1998; Feminale, Germany, 1998; Boston Jewish Film Festival, USA, 1998; San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, USA, 1998; Sunny Side of the Doc, Marseille, France, 1998
Director: Michal Aviad
Producer: Michal Aviad, Anat Shperling
Cinematographer: Eytan Harris
Editor: Tali Halter-Shenkar
Original Soundtrack: Doron Shenkar
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Israel Broadcasting Authority - Channel 1, The Cinema Project, The Israeli Film Center
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: ג'ני וג'ני
Category: Children and Youth / Family / Identity / Israeli Society / Women
Tag Words: coming-of-age cousins Family feminism friendship girlhood womanhood women
Jenny and Jenny meet every day; Jenny and Jenny speak every day; Jenny and Jenny correspond; Jenny and Jenny share heartbreaks and happy times. Jenny and Jenny are 17-years-old cousins, living in the town of Bat Yam. This film follows one summer in their lives as they make the transition from girlhood to womanhood. How do they interpret the world? What kind of emerging awareness do they have of their position as women? What do they love, and what can they tolerate? What are their dreams and what are their fears? How do they, and we, perceive the tragic side of being a woman, along with the charm that it entails? And what is the very thirst for life, the vigor, and the passion quivering within them that this film tries to capture?
Festivals and Awards:
Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 1997; The Israeli Film Center Award - Cut, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1997; Denver Film Festival, USA, 1997; Input, 1998; Feminale, Germany, 1998; Boston Jewish Film Festival, USA, 1998; San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, USA, 1998; Sunny Side of the Doc, Marseille, France, 1998
Director: Michal Aviad
Producer: Michal Aviad, Anat Shperling
Cinematographer: Eytan Harris
Editor: Tali Halter-Shenkar
Original Soundtrack: Doron Shenkar
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, The Israel Broadcasting Authority - Channel 1, The Cinema Project, The Israeli Film Center
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: ג'ני וג'ני
Category: Children and Youth / Family / Identity / Israeli Society / Women
Tag Words: coming-of-age cousins Family feminism friendship girlhood womanhood women