Country: Israel
Year: 2024
Duration: 16'
Tamar, an ultra-Orthodox girl from an extremist community, is taken to the hospital by her beloved father, who thinks she has had sex. Her relationship with her father and her virginity are tested.
Biography
film director
Riki Rotter
(Israel) she was born in Israel in a religious extremist community. She ran away from the community at the age of 18 because they wanted to marry her. An artist who graduated in 2024 from the Cinema Department at Minshar College in Tel Aviv. In 2020, her first short film Kera, which she created as part of an end-of-year project at the college, won the best short film in Israel from the TikTok competition and was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival in the short film competition in partnership with TikTok. From 2019 to 2023, while still a student, she co-wrote the successful TV series sold to Netflix Mishmar HaGvul.
FILMOGRAFIA
Kera (cm, 2020), Kosher Test (cm, 2024).
Declaration
film director
“My movie is not just my personal story. It’s a story of a community, religion and of blindness. Unfortunately, a virginity test is something that happens in all religions and my movie gives a glimpse into the complexity of religious life. Because I escaped that world, I have a rare opportunity to show the faith, that blindly controls the everyday life.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY: Riki Rotter. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ram Shweky. EDITING: Efrat Rasner Shaefa. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Rivka Fertig, Yosi Stern. COSTUMES: Yosi Stern, Mikey Fogel, Yael Silverman. SOUND: Rotem Dror. CAST: Chen Rozales, Yigael Sachs, Adi Gilat, Meir Tamam.
CONTACT: Riki Rotter arbyroter@gmail.com
