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Jellyfish
2007. Israel/France. Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen. 78 min.
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my olympic summer
2007. USA. Daniel Robin. 12 min.
Thursday, March 27, 2008, 6:15 p.m.
Theater 1 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1), T1
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Jellyfish
2007. Israel/France. Directed by Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen. At Cannes last year Jellyfish stood out, winning the Camera d'Or for best debut feature. Co-directors Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen, each a celebrated Israeli writer, explore life in Tel Aviv, a densely populated metropolis where determining one's destiny is an illusion rather than a promise. Here the sea becomes a place of refuge, shelter and comfort for many—including Karen, a bride whose honeymoon is threatened when she breaks her leg at the wedding; Batya, into whose life comes a little girl who may or may not be real; and Joy, a Filipino caregiver who plays reconciler between estranged mother and daughter. Hapless and attractive, the characters try to make sense of what's happening to them but like jellyfish they keep floating on the whim of tides and currents, bemused but determined. A Zeitgeist Films Release. 78 min.
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my olympic summer
2007. USA. Directed by Daniel Robin. Daniel Robin's curiously resonant film about mothers, fathers, and internal and exterior events won the Grand Jury Prize for Short Film at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. 12 min.
In the Film exhibition New Directors/New Films
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