Fight Back
Director: Loren Trabelsi
Short: Narrative
Drama |
Israel |
20 min
Hebrew w/ English subtitles
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Sixteen year old Rotem, is training for the European Championships in professional Thai boxing. Her entanglement with Roi, another trainee, undermines her self image and puts her entire career at risk.
This is the story of how a young woman in a world of men, constantly proves her self-worth to herself, in order to show strength in the world she chose to live in.
Director’s bio:
Born and bred in the small northern town of Nahariyya, Israel: Loren Trabelsi studied cinema, and television in high school. After volunteering one year of community service; working with ‘youth at risk’, she completed three years as a female soldier in an IDF artillery unit. In 2019, Loren graduated from the Ma’aleh School of Film & Television, with a concentration in ‘Production’ and ‘Directing’.
“Fight Back” is Loren’s graduating thesis film.