Butterflies (Parparim)
A FILM BY YONA ROZENKIER
Short film – Israël – 2019 – 8 min
Color | Hebrew with English subtitles | 2:40 | 5.1
SYNOPSIS
Another Sunday in April. A kibbutz in the North of Israel. A natural phenomenon. A family on an impromptu ride, maybe the last one…
- Festival de Cannes – Sélection Officielle, 2019
- Sydney Film Festival, 2019
- Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, 2019
- Melbourne International Film Festival, 2019
- Conscious Film Festival, 2019
- Toronto International Film Festival – Short Cuts, 2019
- Vladivostok International Film Festival, 2019
- Boston Jewish Film Festival, 2019
- CINEMED Montpellier, 2019
- Haifa International Film Festival, 2019
- Kaohsiung Film Festival International Short Film Competition, 2019
- The author’s passages: Mediterranean interlacements, 2019
- Denver Jewish Film Festival, 2019
- Miami Jewish Film Festival, 2019
- Vilnius International Short Film Festival, 2019
- 55es Journées de Soleure, 2019
- North Europe International Film Festival: London Edition, 2020
- Sonoma International Film Festival, 2020
- Akbank Short Film Festival, 2020
- Aspen Shortsfest, 2020
- International Short Film Festival PSAROKOKALO, 2020
- We Are One, 2020
- Cinema South Film Festival, 2020
- Athens International Film and Video Festival, 2020
- Festival Courts d’un soir, 2020
- IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, 2020
- Motovun Film Festival, 2020
- Rincon International Film Festival, 2020
- FILMETS Badalona Film Festival, 2020
- Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, 2020
- FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, 2020
- Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival, 2020
- Bolton Film Festival, 2020
- Miami Short Film Festival, 2020
- Tirana International Film Festival, 2020
- Social Justice Film Festival, 2020 *Short Narrative Bronze Prize
- Aesthetica Short Film Festival, 2020
- Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, 2020
- UK Jewish Film Festival, 2020
- Anchorage Film Festival, 2020
- Flicker’s Roving Eye International Film Festival, 2020
- Seattle Jewish Film Festival, 2020
- Cinema on the Bayou, 2020
- Bahamas International Film Festival, 2020
CAST
- Yoel Rozenkier
- Avraham Selektar
- Varda Ben-Hur
CREW
- Script Writer & Director: Yona Rozenkier
- Producer: Kobi Mizrahi, KM Productions
- Co-Producer: Dominique Welinski, DW
- Cinematographer: Oded Ashkenazi
- Editor: Or Lee-Tal
- Sound Design: Ami Arad
- Music: Israel Bright
37 years old, Yona Rozenkier is an Israeli-French director, born and raised in kibbutz Yehiam, currently living in Tel Aviv. Graduated from the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television in Tel-Aviv. His first feature film The Dive (2018) won 4 awards in Jerusalem International Film Festival (including best feature award), won 2 awards in Locarno (the independent critics award and the junior jury award), and screened in other festivals, among them: Toronto, AFI Fest, Warsaw and Jeonju.
FILMOGRAPHY
BUTTERFLIES – 7MIN (2019)
THE SIGN – 12MIN (2019)
TILL DAY’S END – 17MIN (2014)
RAZ AND RADJA – 17MIN (2012)
BUGS ON A HELMET – 17MIN (2011)
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