The Taste of Israel reception is sponsored by Jared & Shirley Rosenstein. The film program is sponsored by Teri Patullo
ALL FILMS $5.00
FUNDBOX – A LOVE STORY
Austria / Drama / German w/English Subtitles / 23 minutes
SYNOPSIS: As his 50th wedding anniversary approaches, an elderly man returns to Vienna to honor a promise he and his wife made when they were first married. Sadly, while in Vienna, he experiences a distressing loss. Far from home, his frustration grows until he encounters a sympathetic city employee.
Director: MILES MERRITT & GAIL KEMPLER
Writer: MILES MERRITT & GAIL KEMPLER
Producer: STUDIO BISCHOF PRODUKTION & M/K PRODUCTIONS LLC
Key Cast: FLORENTIN GROLL: Julius
Contact Name: FRANC PLANAS (PROMOFEST)
Contact Email: info@promofest.org
Website: https://www.promofest.org/films/fundbox-a-love-story
MOTHER
Poland/Drama/Polish with English Subtitles /29 min
SYNOPSIS: Paulina (35 years old) is out on parole after serving a prison sentence for the murder of her husband Andrzej. She returns to her hometown to meet her 11-year-old son Nikodem. Jadwiga (55 years old), Paulina’s mother-in-law who takes care of Nikodem, does not want this meeting to take place. She is still grieving the loss of her son, Andrzej, and is unable to forgive Paulina for what she did.
Director: Sebastian Kwidziński
Writer: Sebastian Kwidziński
Producer: Maciej Ślesicki, Warsaw Film School
Key Cast: Magdalena Maścianica, Aleksander Szachniewicz, Maria Pakulnis, Piotr Witkowski
Contact Name: Sebastian Kwidziński
Contact Email: studiobm@op.pl
Website: https://www.facebook.com/sebastian.kwidzinski
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/sebastian.kwidzinski
LOUT
Cyprus / Drama / English / 12 minutes
SYNOPSIS: A socially inept young man programs an AI chatbot to help him interact with women on dating apps. When he matches with someone he really likes, he has to come to terms with analogue reality.
Director: Christina Georgiou
Writer: Christina Georgiou
Producer: Blunatic Pictures / Christina Georgiou
Key Cast: Ioannis Maltabes, Maria Constantinou
Contact Name: Christina Georgiou
Contact Email: christina.georgiou@gmail.com
Website: blunaticpictures.com
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/loutshortfilm
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61570250380227
DON’T BE LATE MYRA
Pakistan / Drama/Thriller / Urdu, Punjabi w/English subtitles / 15 minutes
SYNOPSIS: A missed school bus leaves ten-year-old Myra stranded in Lahore, where her journey home spirals into a tense fight for survival against the men who stalk her every step.
Director: Afia Serena Nathaniel
Writer: Afia Serena Nathaniel
Producer: Afia Serena Nathaniel, Nouman Waheed
Key Cast: Innayah Umer, Nida Ahsan, Munir Hussain, Mushtaq Ahmed, Muhammad Tariq
Contact Name: Afia Serena Nathaniel
Contact Email: zambeel.films@gmail.com
Website: https://afianathaniel.me/myrashortfilm
Social Media: @afia.nathaniel @myra.shortfilm @noumanwaheed
ONE LINE SYNOPSIS: Myra misses her school bus and must find her way back home alone
but some men start harassing her on the streets of Lahore.
BIRTHDAY
Iran / Drama / Persian w/English Subtitles) / 14 minutes
A daughter’s birthday wish turns fateful on the streets of Iran
FRIDAY NIGHT FLOP
UK / Drama / English / 16 minutes
SYNOPSIS: Tracy-Ann Oberman plays a worried mother losing touch with her daughter, but a strange turn of events leads to a new beginning.
Co-written and co-directed by Londoners Simon Friedberg and Elliott Gerner, Friday Night Flop is a timely, warm and funny look at the importance of family and community in an age of digital distraction.
Directors: Simon Friedberg and Elliott Gerner
Writers: Simon Friedberg and Elliott Gerner
Producer: BENJAMIN TILL, MICHAEL ETHERTON, JUDY IRONSIDE MBE, SELINA DEY AND DAWN LAREN
Key Cast: TRACY-ANN OBERMAN (Ellen Himmelbaum) MARK FLEISCHMANN (Rabbi Fine) and ANOUSHKA COWAN (Maya Himmelbaum)
Contact Name: Simon Friedberg and Elliott Gerner
Contact Email: simonfriedberg@mac.com and elliottgerner@gmail.com
Social Media: fridaynightflop (Instagram)