Synopsis
16-year-old Zohar lives with her younger sister and single mother Debbie, in a poor neighbourhood in southern Tel Aviv. The talented young athlete balances between her obligations to the single parent household – helping Debbie in her self-run beauty salon at home, and her training as a sprinter.
| Original Title | ZOHAR |
| Category | Official Competition |
| Section | Troubled Gaze |
| Tipology | Short Film |
| Duration | 30' |
| Production Year | 2007 |
| Nationality | Israel |
| Directed by | Yasmine Novak |
| Screenplay | Yasmine Novak |
| Script | Yasmine Novak |
| Director of photography | Aviv Kosloff |
| Editor | Hadas Ayalon, Yasmine Novak |
| Production Design | Orly Homel |
| Sound | Aviram Vilensky |
| Music | Yasmine Novak |
| Main cast |
Elinor Cohen (Zohar) Sharona Elimelech (Debbie) Yuval Lerner (Noa) Aviv Naeem (Tsiki) |
| Produced by | Lianne Novak |
Yasmine Novak
Born in Canada in 1976, moved to Israel 1980. Enrolled in the Tel Aviv University Film Department. Graduated in 2007. ZOHAR is her graduation film. Currently working on various projects on Israeli television as director and editor and developing projects of social and political issues. In 2004 she directed the documentary SIMA WANTS TO TOUCH THE SKY, part of the PEOPLE OF HOPE documentary series. In 2007 she signed the documentary GENDER AND PEACE and directed her graduation film ZOHAR.
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