Synopsis:
We Were a Sterile Bomb is a coming-of-age story of 21-year-old Avi, living in a small southern town in 1997’s Israel. Avi, a lonely introvert, wanders in and out of the city. An encounter with a young man his age shakes his numb world.
- Director:
- Dotan Moreno
- Year:
- 2020
- Country:
- Israel
- Running time:
- 15 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Original title:
- Hainu Pzaza Meforezet
- Production type:
- Professional
- Script writers:
- Dotan Moreno, Rafael Balulu
- Music composer:
- Amit Hai Cohen
- Sound designer:
- Nin Hazan
- Production:
- Balulu Films
- Distribution:
- Balulu Films
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Coming-of-Age
- Tags:
- Queer, Identity, Relationships, Love, Poetic, Trauma, Mental health, Sad, Festival Darlings
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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