Simple Things
Director: Liel Sharon Gur
Short: Narrative
Drama |
Israel |
30 min
Hebrew w/English Subtitles
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Raised on a secular kibbutz, Maya is a “doula” (birth coach), and for over 100 times, has helped bring newborn’s into the world When she decides to become an ultra-Orthodox observer, she doesn’t quite realize how complicated it would be to find ‘the one’. The arrangement of her dating of over 100 men in nine years by a matchmaker doesn’t bring her any closer to love and marriage, and of a family of her own: and so she begins once again to re-access her values, aspirations, and goals.
Director’s bio:
Liel Sharon Gur: a director, cinematographer, and editor living in Jerusalem, has fulfilled her national service as a tour guide in the city of Arad. Presently a fourth year student at the Maaleh School of Film & Television, she is completing her documentary short: “Simple Things” for graduation in February 2020. In 2018 Liel directed her 2nd-year narrative short: “Sushi, Meatballs & Everything”, which won second prize at the Long-Short Film Festival in Tel Aviv.