Bitter Paradise Jewish sculptor Teresa Feodorowna Ries was born in Budapest on January 30, 1866, and is considered one of Austria’s most influential and important artists. She was not only a celebrated and gifted sculptor, but also a pioneer for women’s rights and emancipation. She was considered a kind of pop star of the time, who cleverly...
Give it Back! Olivia is a 12 year old immigrant from New York. She is trying to find her place in the new world she just landed in, Israeli society. Instantly she connects with Alem, an Ethiopian boy who sits next to her in class. It doesn’t take long for her to realize that their friendship is social...
Give it Back! Olivia is a 12 year old immigrant from New York. She is trying to find her place in the new world she just landed in, Israeli society. Instantly she connects with Alem, an Ethiopian boy who sits next to her in class. It doesn’t take long for her to realize that their friendship is social...
Precious Children A spiritual home is not always a safe space. Two young boys find this out when their religiously observant parents split because of their father’s inappropriate behavior. The boys are left to navigate the familial and the divine on their own.
Neurim A strange awkward relationship develops between Orr, a 30 year old wheelchair user after an injury, and her new physiotherapist that brings new breezes of desire to her daily routine rehabilitation at her mother’s house. Shaylee Atary, director of the film and main actress, was born in 1989 in Israel. In 2015 Shaylee released a...
Date. Interrupted In times of Covid, a first online date turns into an unintended threesome. The film stars director Noa Osheroff, and Israeli star Miki Kam (Shtisel).
Closing on Unrest A counter monument for five unmarked mass graves in the forests of eastern Poland. Phytograms gleaned and generated from flora on site – exposed and processed in situ. Research completed in partnership with the Zapomniane Foundation.
Eleanor Of Illinois Eleanor OF ILLINOIS is the most ambitious piece from BOUNTY, my film series exploring the political and psychological complexities of American Jewish wealth. For this piece, I spent over a year culling and editing dialogue from Katharine Hepburn’s performance in The Lion In Winter to craft the monologue of a contemporary, Midwestern, disappointed Jewish mother...