Nothing Special
- A short film by Efrat Berger
- 2023 15'
- An Ikki Films production
- In coproduction with JPL Films
- With support from Gesher (Israel), Makor Film Fund (Israel), Jerusalem Film Fund (Israel), Région Bretagne, Tébéo, CNC - Aide au Programme, TV Tours, Procirep-Angoa, Ciclic - Région Centre- Val Loire
- Distributed by Varicoloured (Estonia)
Between four walls, two women are waiting.
One, for death that keeps passing her by. The other, for her life to finally begin.
Based on a recorded conversation, the film simulates their attempt to escape what they cannot help but live, while they realize that ‘nothing’ can be sometimes special.
Director, Script, Art Direction, Editing : Efrat Berger
Director of photography : Tal Ninyo
Animation in France : Pupp’s Motion Studio
Head of set design : Marion Le Guillou
Animation in Israel : Tom & Hani Animation (animation studio)
Director of photography : Simon Filliot and Tom Kouris
Volume : Damien Buquen
Animation : Bilitis Levilain and Gilles Coirier
Decoration : Hani Dombe and Nina Alon Gronove
Storyboard : Stav Levi
Compositing supervisor : Zélie Durand
Calibration : Gal Issar
Music : Pierre Oberkampf
Sound : Matthieu Langlet
Mixing : Shahaf Wagshall
Main cast : Maylin Maelio (herself) and Ruth Farhi (grandmother)Selections
Selected in 16 festivals including the Short-film festival in Clermont-Ferrand and Aspen Shortsfest.
Awards
Awarded with the Eileen Maitland Award at the Ann Arbor Film Festival and the Audience Award at Hotdocs.