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Shadow Puppets
Based on Amir Gutfreund’s short story
A story of a friendship taking place in Israel in the mid 1980s between Uncle Nathan, a Holocaust survivor who communicates only through his shadow puppets, and his day-dreaming nephew. As Nathan’s shadow puppets act become less childish and more eccentric, his last connection to the world and rescue from family alienation lies in the hands of his youngest family member. The film is a mixed work of both live-action and animation.
Festivals and Awards:
Epos Film Festival ,2013 ; The Jerusalem Film Festival ,2013
Director: Adam Bizanski
Producer: Lihu Roter
Production Company: Periscope Productions LTD.
Cinematographer: Moshe Mishali
Editor: Assaf Lapid
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Cast: Yehoyachin Friedlander, Fira Kantor, Tal Zamir
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: צלליות
Based on Amir Gutfreund’s short story
A story of a friendship taking place in Israel in the mid 1980s between Uncle Nathan, a Holocaust survivor who communicates only through his shadow puppets, and his day-dreaming nephew. As Nathan’s shadow puppets act become less childish and more eccentric, his last connection to the world and rescue from family alienation lies in the hands of his youngest family member. The film is a mixed work of both live-action and animation.
Festivals and Awards:
Epos Film Festival ,2013 ; The Jerusalem Film Festival ,2013
Director: Adam Bizanski
Producer: Lihu Roter
Production Company: Periscope Productions LTD.
Cinematographer: Moshe Mishali
Editor: Assaf Lapid
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television
Cast: Yehoyachin Friedlander, Fira Kantor, Tal Zamir
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: צלליות
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