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 at the Short-film festival in Clermont-Ferrand.