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Vanilla
A Film by Dana Goldberg, Israel, 2021
Original Title
Vanilla
Country of Production
Israel
Year of Production
2021
Running Time
3'
Language
Hebrew
Production budget
5000 USD
Credits
Cast: Ronit Goldberg, Uriel Goldberg
Cinematographer: Asi Oren
Sound Design & Mix: Michael Goorevich
Editor: Dana Goldberg
Editing Consultant: Claudia Landsberger
Awards
HONOURABLE MENTION – LONDON Seasonal Short Film Festival 2021
Synopsys
An elegant woman buys ice cream in a busy ice cream parlor. A man standing in the long queue pays close attention to her. He hasn’t seen her for years. Just before she leaves, he makes an impulsive move.
Name
Dana Goldberg
Country
Israel
Biography
Dana Goldberg (b. 1979) is an Israeli filmmaker, poet and video artist. A Graduate of HaMidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College 2003. Goldberg's debut feature film, Alice, was awarded for best screenplay, best actress, and an honorable mention at the Jerusalem Film Festival 2012. In 2017 Goldberg produced Death of the Poetess, her second feature film, written and directed in collaboration with poet Dr. Efrat Mishori. Death of a Poetess, Starring Evgenia Dodina and Samira Saraya, was awarded for best actress (Saraya) at the Jerusalem Film Festival 2017, as well as for best screenplay at the UK Jewish Film Festival. Debbie was Here is Goldberg’s third feature film. Her work explores themes related to gender, identity, motherhood, violence and the language of cinema.
Filmography
Selected Filmography:
2022 Debbie Was Here – 75 min. Screenwriter & Director.
2017 Death of a Poetess - 75 min. Producer, Co-writer & Co-Director.
2012 Alice - 82 min. Screenwriter & Director.
2009 Alligator - 24 min. Screenwriter & Director.
2007 Alpha - 12 min. Screenwriter & Director.
2005 Masha - 10 min. Screenwriter & Director.
2004 Untitled - 1:44 min. A piece made especially for the Berlinale Talent Campus 2005.
Director's notes
Hadassah Carmi, a senior educator, has not seen her son in five years. A brief encounter between them at a Tel Aviv ice cream parlor returns the son, who lives with a partner and is already a father himself, to the experience of rejection imprinted on his identity.
As a lesbian woman, the experience of "otherness" is a key element in my identity. I learnt that the hunger for validation is a mighty force, that can push you forward or shake the ground under your feet and undermine the basis of your being.
The film "Vanilla" deals with this basic human need through a very small moment.
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