Zohar

Zohar

24 - Best Short Fiction Yasmine Novak Israel, Fiction, 30'

16-year-old Zohar lives with her younger sister and single mother Debbie, in a poor neighbourhood in southern Tel Aviv. The talented young athlete balances between her obligations to the single parent household – helping Debbie in her self-run beauty salon at home, and her training as a sprinter.

Zohar
Film block: Archive block
Screening:
  • Language
  • Country Israel
  • Genre Fiction
  • Year of creation 2007
  • Duration 30'
Yasmine Novak
Director Yasmine Novak

Born in Canada in 1976, moved to Israel 1980. Enrolled in the Tel Aviv University Film Department. Graduated in 2007. ZOHAR is her graduation film. Currently working on various projects on Israeli television as director and editor and developing projects of social and political issues. In 2004 she directed the documentary SIMA WANTS TO TOUCH THE SKY, part of the PEOPLE OF HOPE documentary series. In 2007 she signed the documentary GENDER AND PEACE and directed her graduation film ZOHAR.

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