Synopsis:
In the old Jewish cemetery in the city of Safed, people come from afar to pray on the graves of rabbis from the golden age of Kabbalah in the 16th century, sometimes with hope to find redemption to their life problems.
- Director:
- Yael Reisfeld
- Year:
- 2018
- Country:
- Israel
- Running time:
- 6 min.
- Technique:
- 3D Animation, Mixed media, 2D Animation, Other
- Original title:
- Alef B'Tamuz
- Production type:
- Student
- Animators:
- Omer Sharon, Yael Reisfeld, Shira Seri Levi
- Script writer:
- Yael Reisfeld
- Music composers:
- Yaniy Ben Mashiach, Ido Segal, Offthesky, Given Willingly, Yaniv Ben Mashiach, As Above so Below
- Sound designer:
- Ilan Admon
- Editor:
- Yael Reisfeld
- Production:
- Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental
- Tags:
- Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Death, Spirituality, Religion, Relationships, Shame, Surreal, Poetic
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Jerusalem Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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