#Talya Lavie

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Israeli films with female protagonists.

Zero Motivation (2014) dir. Talya Lavie

A unit of female Israeli soldiers at a remote desert base bide their time as they count down the minutes until they can return to civilian life.

Cinema Sabaya (2021) dir. Orit Fouks Rotem

Eight women, Arab and Jewish, take part in a video workshop hosted by Rona, young filmmaker. With each camera take, the group dynamic forces the women to challenge their beliefs as they get to know one other.

Jellyfish (2007) dir. Shira Geffen & Etgar Keret

Jellyfish tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a young child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a young bride who breaks her leg in trying to escape from a locked toilet stall, which ruins her chance at a romantic honeymoon in the Caribbean. One of the guests is Joy, a Philippine chore woman attending the event with her employer, and who doesn't speak any Hebrew (she communicates mainly in English), and who is guilt-ridden after having left her young son behind in the Philippines.

Blush (2015) dir. Michal Vinik

Trying to escape her tumultuous home life, Naama, 17, indulges in alcohol and drugs, but everything changes when she meets a sexy, free-spirited new girl at school and the two become more than fast friends.

Atomic Falafel (2015) dir. Dror Shaul

Two girls from nuclear towns in Israel and Iran spill their countries most valuable secrets on Facebook while trying to prevent a nuclear crisis.

Kiss Me Before It Blows Up/Kiss Me Kosher (2020) dir. Shirel Peleg

When two generations of Israeli women fall for a German woman and a Palestinian man, chaos follows. What happens with lovers who don't fit--but do belong together?

Red Cow (2018) dir. Tsivia Barkai

Red Cow is a coming-of-age film that takes place in the days leading up to the assassination of Rabin and depicts the life of Benny, 16, orphaned from mother at birth and the only child of Joshua - a religious, right-wing extremist, in those critical junctures when she is forming her sexual, religious and political awareness.

Sand Storm (2016) dir. Elite Zexer

A Bedouin village in Northern Israel. When Jalila’s husband marries a second woman, Jalila and her daughter’s world is shattered, and the women are torn between their commitment to the patriarchal rules and being true to themselves.

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Fogliati e Schicchitano, Finchè notte non ci separi

Finché notte non ci separi diretto dal regista romano Riccardo Antonaroli è una commedia romantica tratta da ‘Honeymood’ di Talya Lavie, film israeliano presentato al BFI London Film Festival, al Tribeca Film Festival e in concorso alla 67esima edizione del Taormina Film Fest. Le riprese si svolgeranno nella Capitale e dureranno fino alla prima settimana di agosto, per sei settimane. Al centro…

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[fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors]

My 52 Favourite Films of the Decade 2010-2019: The Complete List

Random stats:

52 movies chosen directed by a total of 57 directors. 5 directing duos, 4 of which consisted of a woman-man directing duo. Only 1 directing duo was made up of 2 women.

American cinema dominated with 28 films. I went with the country listings as provided by IMDB which leads to some strange results like how 2 Days in New York, filmed and set entirely in NYC is not a U.S. production but Wadjda, filmed entirely in Saudi Arabia is (it’s something to do with who gives money, don’t ask me how it’s calculated). This was followed by French cinema with 10 films and Israeli cinema (4 films) and then a smattering of other countries. 

15 directorial debuts. The high number didn’t surprise me so much. Studies have been done and it’s often much harder for women directors to make a second film than make their debut. Actually when it comes to the debut directors on my list about half have had runaway success and put out at least one or more films already, a handful have moved into TV work and a handful seem to have disappeared which is depressing.  What did please me is how many films were 3rd, 4th, 10th or more films proving that there are women directors with long careers who just keep getting better. 

5 documentaries. I always think of myself as someone who doesn’t like documentaries so this seemed surprisingly high for me.

2 sequels both of which I liked better than their predecessors and both of which I think stand completely on their own.

2 films by directors who are no longer with us. Thank you Agnès Varda and Ronit Elkabetz.

0 repeat directors. This mostly worked out that way naturally. The directors who came the closest to having 2 films on the list were Debra Granik (Winter’s Bone missed out) and Céline Sciamma (for Girlhood), both of which were ultimately fairly easy to cut.

The List:

2 Days in New York dir. Julie Delpy (2012)

Amour Fou dir. Jessica Hausner (2014)

The Babadook dir. Jennifer Kent (2014)

Beach Rats dir. Eliza Hittman (2017)

Cameraperson dir. Kirsten Johnson (2016)

Clip dir. Maja Milos (2012)

Declaration of War dir. Valérie Donzelli (2011)

Divines dir. Houda Benyamina (2016)

The Edge of Democracy dir. Petra Costa (2019)

The Edge of Seventeen dir. Kelly Fremon Craig (2016)

Enough Said dir. Nicole Holofcener (2013)

Faces, Places dir. Agnès Varda & JR (2017)

The Farewell dir. Lulu Wang (2019)

A Film Unfinished dir. Yael Hersonski (2010)`

Fill the Void dir. Rama Burshtein (2012)

The Fits dir. Anna Rose Holmer (2015)

Fort Tilden dir. Sarah Violet Bliss & Charles Rogers (2014)

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem dir. Shlomi Elkabetz & Ronit Elkabetz (2014)

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night dir. Ana Lily Amirpour (2014)

Hustlers dir. Lorene Scafaria (2019)

I Think We’re Alone Now dir. Reed Morano (2018)

The Kindergarten Teacher dir. Sara Colangelo (2018)

Last Night dir. Massy Tadjedin (2010)

Leave No Trace dir. Debra Granik (2018)

Little Forest dir. Yim Soon-rye (2018)

The Loneliest Planet dir. Julia Loktev (2011)

Lore dir. Cate Shortland (2012)

Lost in Paris dir. Dominique Abel & Fiona Gordon (2016)

The Love Witch dir. Anna Biller (2016)

Meek’s Cutoff dir. Kelly Reichardt (2010)

Middle of Nowhere dir. Ava DuVernay (2012)

Mudbound dir. Dee Rees (2017)

Obvious Child dir. Gillian Robespierre (2014)

On Body and Soul dir. Ildikó Enyedi (2017)

Palo Alto dir. Gia Coppola (2013)

Portrait of a Lady on Fire dir. Céline Sciamma (2019)

Private Life dir. Tamara Jenkins (2018)

Raw dir. Julia Ducournau (2016)

Songs My Brothers Taught Me dir. Chloé Zhao (2015)

Stories We Tell dir. Sarah Polley (2012)

Their Finest dir. Lone Scherfig (2016)

Things to Come dir. Mia Hansen-Løve (2016)

Toni Erdmann dir. Maren Ade (2016)

Vamps dir. Amy Heckerling (2012)

Vazante dir. Daniela Thomas (2017)

Wadjda dir. Haifaa al-Mansour (2012)

Wonder Woman dir. Patty Jenkins (2017)

The Wonders dir. Alice Rohrwacher (2014)

Woodshock dir. Laura & Kate Mulleavy (2017)

You Were Never Really Here dir. Lynne Ramsay (2017)

Zero Dark Thirty dir. Kathryn Bigelow (2012)

Zero Motivation dir. Talya Lavie (2014)

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[womenofcine]

אפס ביחסי אנוש (Zero Motivation) (2014)

Dir. Talya Lavie

Country: Israel

Language: Hebrew

Rating: 4.5/5

“There’s a war on. Get a grip.”

In Tayla Lavie’s unorthodox Israeli war comedy “Zero Motivation” we never really learn what that war is. And, honestly, it doesn’t really matter. This war is won by making weak instant coffees. The weapons are staple guns and paper shredders. The enemy is the mundane and the cure is a Windows XP version of Minesweeper. There’s always a war on and in this surreal desert purgatory the questioning for specifics gets you nowhere.

Meet the jobnikim: soldiers with sometimes tragically boring desk jobs. And, in this case, all female. “Zero Motivation” was the first of its kind not only for featuring the almost kafkaesque existence of the jobinikim, but this is an army film about the women of the IDF. Israeli film, especially those that transcend cultural borders, often incorporate a critique or exploration of the IDF in some capacity as a harsh mirror to Israeli national identity. But popular films like “Waltz With Bashir” (2008), “Walk on Water” (2004), “Foxtrot” (2014), even “Yossi & Jaggar” (2004) focus on the male IDF experience. Meaning that Lavie came in, guns metaphorically blazing, by presenting a feminist and comedic critique of the most overlooked unit in the IDF’s arsenal—it’s bored female desk clerks.

The film opens on friends Daffi (Nelly Tagar) and Zohar (Dana Ivgy) taking a crowded bus to base camp, tethered together by shared headphones and lucky enough to grab seats Zohar had staked out for them. Soon after, the bus breaks down and they lose their coveted seats—forcing them to stand for the remainder of the miserable ride. A moment riddled with schadenfreude and sets the dark tone of the film.

Daffi, the dreamer, whines about her dreams of being transferred to a more civilized Tel Aviv for the remainder of her IDF service, but Zohar, the pessimist, doesn’t mind the mundane as long as she has Daffi with her. The Shredder NCO and Mail NCO, respectively, have diametrically opposed plans when it comes to surviving their service and in a movie about plans that never go right—it becomes their main conflict.

Meanwhile, a seemingly new recruit Tehila (Yonit Tobi) enters camp with an otherworldly presence, but she’s assumed to be Daffi’s paper shredding replacement so she can move on to a new post in Tel Aviv. Instead, Tehlia sets in motion a series of surreal events that drive home the point: you can enter the IDF, but can you ever really leave?

In a series of surreal, cruel, and hilarious vignettes Lavie achieves a feminine Catch-22-esque tale that under its layers of merciless poking fun captures a slice of reality, of shared misery, that feels so fresh and relatable—I mean, why else have shows like “The Office” captured the hearts of millions worldwide? It’s a brilliant response to an institution that is difficult to talk about, but made palatable enough for any one who likes a good tease.

#female filmmakers #women directors #womenofcine #female directors #female directed films #israel #israeli film #israeli cinema #talya lavie #zero motivation #אפס ביחסי אנוש #hebrew #hebrew language film #hire these women #female filmmaker friday

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Zero Motivation (Talya Lavie, 2014)

This movie is amaaaaazing. Absolutely stunning. It doesn’t take a single wrong step, despite being a moving target in terms of tone, plot, and subtext. Masterful storytelling and filmmaking.

#zero motivation #talya lavie #dana ivgy #nelly tagar

[karelymadricho]

Zero Motivation (2014) Dir. Talya Lavie

#zero motivation #talya lavie #movie #2014 #israel #film #woman director

[toddhewitt]

2019 in review

tagged by the lovely @violaeade 💕

i finally got around to doing this and it really shows how i tend to only stick to the stories i already know and love, because this year feels like i consumed relatively a lot of new media that i liked, which, i kinda didn’t? lmao 

♥ top five films you watched in 2019:

jordan peele’s us, which is gonna remain a favorite of mine for a long time

darren aronofsky’s black swan, it was so overwhelming i only started crying after the movie ended

bong jon hoo’s parasite, BRILLIANT in all areas of cinema and i really want to watch it again soon

talya lavie’s zero motivation, this movie is a punch to the gut marketed as a comedy, and shows something so bitter about israeli culture and israeli people in such a truthful way, also a varied cast of interesting female characters

like. the music video for one bad night by hayley kiyoko is really important to me

♥ top five tv shows:

the first season of the end of the fucking world, i really loved it (haven’t seen the second one yet and to be honest, idk if i want to)

gentleman jack..... *chef’s kiss*

brooklyn nine nine is fun

i really haven’t had the time for anything apart from that

♥ top five songs:

can’t handle this by bo burnham, i get chills every single time

never close our eyes by adam lambert

pas de deux by michael abels

either hurricane by marina maximillian or the shepherd’s boy by murray gold

and to add something happy to the mix, juice by lizzo

♥ top five books I read:

suzanne collins’ hunger games trilogy AGAIN after YEARS i haven’t read it and it’s still as good as i remember

leigh bardugo’s six of crows duology

becky albertalli’s simon vs. the homo sapiens agenda

sarah rees brennan’s in other lands

haven’t had the time to read anything else new 😭 but i’m always reading patrick ness’ chaos walking trilogy so i’m choosing that

♥ some good/positive things that happened to me this year:

my last show with my theatre group which i’ve been a part of for the last nine years (!!) it was so much fun and i cried a lot

my final project for art class, which was a really important step for me to take both as a person and as an artist

continued the very long journey of worldbuilding for a story i’ve been thinking about for a very long time now

strengthened my relationship with my best friend

saw admissions in london and met alex kingston WOW and also saw the book of mormon and hamilton, bom was hilarious as always, the entire trip was really fun and we visited efteling too

got my driver’s license!

just... a lot of self development? i’m really proud of the processes i’ve gone through this year :)

so i’m REALLY late with this but if anyone feels like doing it yall are welcome to do it!!

#mayatalks #woooo #i feel like i should've put bedouin love song in the song list #but i've known it since forever

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Zero Motivation - Talya Lavie | Comedy |992668747

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April 27 ♉ Famous BirthDays April 27 ♉ Famous  BirthDays https://youtu.be/-QMuHyn0m2w 1820 Herbert Spencer 1920 1865 Владимир Богораз 1865 1901 Евгений Рабинович 1901 1912 Нора Галь 1912 1913 Philip Abelson 1913 1927 Евгений Моргунов 1927 1931 Игорь Ойстрах 1931 1932 Anouk Aimée 1932 1933 Леонид Рошаль 1933 1953 Ellen S. Baker 1953 1953 Анна Каменкова 1953 1958 Kobi Meidan 1958 1959 Марина Левтова 1959 1962 Rande Gerber 1962 1964 Avishai Milstein 1964 1967 Aki Avni 1967 1967 Simcha Barbiro 1967 1967 Александр Лазарев-младший 1967 1969 Стас Михайлов 1969 1978 Talya Lavie 1978 1982 Michal Traurig 1982 1984 Veronica Kedar 1984 1985 Ben Mittlelman 1985 1986 Динара Сафина 1986 1988 Adam Hirsch 1988 #HerbertSpencer #ВладимирБогораз #ЕвгенийРабинович #НораГаль #PhilipAbelson #ЕвгенийМоргунов #ИгорьОйстрах #AnoukAimée #ЛеонидРошаль #EllenSBaker #АннаКаменкова #KobiMeidan #МаринаЛевтова #RandeGerber #AvishaiMilstein #AkiAvni #SimchaBarbiro #АлександрЛазаревМладший #СтасМихайлов #TalyaLavie #MichalTraurig #VeronicaKedar #BenMittlelman #ДинараСафина #AdamHirsch

[tribeca]

We're spotlighting Tribeca selections helmed by women directors every day of Women's History Month.

Throughout the month of March, you'll be seeing films by everyone from Nicole Holofcener and Mira Nair to Sarah Polley and Kelly Reichardt, along with rising artists like Talya Lavie and Meera Menon, two of the four winners of our ongoing Nora Ephron Prize, a festival competition for woman moviemakers devoted to the late, pioneering legend.

Follow along and seek these talents and their cinematic treasures out!

#Women Directors #Film #Women's History Month #Tribeca #Kelly Reichardt #Film History #Sarah Polley #Mira Nair #Lucy Mulloy #Reed Morano #Meera Menon #Nicole Holofcener #Nora Ephron #Julie Delpy #Clio Barnard #Women in Film #Female Filmmakers #Certain Women #Stories We Tell #Una Noche #The Handmaid's Tale #Queen of Katwe #Feminism #Feminist #Queens

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“Entering its 19th edition this year, Tribeca Film Festival has announced its feature film lineup, including a number of anticipated titles as well as festival favorites. World premiering at the festival is Chad Hartigan’s sci-fi romance Little Fish, Gerardo Naranjo’s Kokoloko, Eleanor Coppola’s Love is Love is Love, Michael Winterbottom’s sequel The Trip to Greece, Rodney Ascher’s A Glitch in the Matrix, Talya Lavie’s Honeymood, BenDavid Grabinski’s Happily, Bryan Bertino’s The Dark & The Wicked, plus documentaries on Stanley Kubrick, DMX, Harry Belafonte, John Belushi, Brian Wilson, and more. In terms of festival favorites, there’s Josephine Decker’s Shirley (our review), Jayro Bustamante’s La Llorona Heidi Ewing’s I Carry You With Me, Gaspar Noé’s medium-length work Lux Aeterna, the St. Vincent-Carrie Brownstein collaboration The Nowhere Inn, and more. Plus, Judd Apatow’s The King of Staten Island will make its NY premiere following a SXSW bow. Check out the lineup of 114 features below for the festival taking place April 15-26.“

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Zero Motivation - Talya Lavie | Comedy |992668747

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[fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors]

My 52 Favourite Films of the Decade 2010-2019:

Zero Motivation dir. Talya Lavie (2014)

Developed from her short film The Subsitute, Zero Motivation is tragically Lavie’s only feature film to date. The bitingly funny film focuses on a group of talentless teenage girls fighting off boredom during their mandatory two year service in the IDF which mostly involves serving coffee, getting into petty fights, and playing minesweeper. 

#Zero Motivation #Talya Lavie #2014 #Israel #52 of the decade

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Talya Lavie - Sliding Flora (2004)

#film #Tayla Lavie

[karelymadricho]

Zero Motivation (2014) Dir. Talya Lavie

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