Avigail, a wild and insecure midshipwoman, returns home to the stuffy Jerusalem apartment she shares with her dysfunctional mother and her 15-year-old, naïve-looking sister. Avigail hopes to untie the chains of childhood and lose her virginity over the weekend. But her return takes a sharp turn: her young sister is pregnant. Now, instead of getting rid of her virginity, she must get rid of a baby.
Followed by Q&A with director Sharon Angelhart
SPECIAL GUEST
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Director
Sharon AngelhartSharon Angelhart is a scriptwriter and director. After developing the script for her debut feature Cuz You’re Ugly at the Cannes Cinéfondation Residence, the film premiered at the Jerusalem Film Festival and was nominated for seven Israeli Academy Awards, winning two. Her short films have screened at numerous international festivals, including Cannes, Jerusalem, and Sarajevo. She is currently developing her second feature, I Hate You from the Bottom of My Heart, which was developed at Berlin AiR, supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
Credits
PREMIERE STATUS
U.S. Premiere
DIRECTOR
Sharon Angelhart
SCREENPLAY
Sharon Angelhart
PRODUCER
Shlomi Elkabetz, Galit Cahlon, Amos Holzman, Paul Cadieux
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Matan Radin
EDITOR
Gadi Mozes
SOUND
Martin Cadieux-Rouillard
CAST
Riki Reif Sinai, Ori Avinoam, Yael Abecassis, Yossi Marshek, Ben Sultan
RUNNING TIME
83 min
COUNTRY
Israel, Canada
YEAR
2025
LANGUAGE
Hebrew
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
2025, Winner, Israeli Film Academy Ophir Award, Best Supporting Actress Ori Avinoam. 2025, Winner, Jerusalem Film Festival, Best Actress.