Private Project

Butterflies

Another Sunday in April. A kibbutz in the North of Israel. A natural phenomenon. A family on an impromptu ride, maybe the last one...

  • Yona Rozenkier
    Director
    Hatzlila
  • Yona Rozenkier
    Writer
    Hatzlila
  • Kobi Mizrahi
    Producer
    Hatzlila
  • Yoel
    Key Cast
    "Rozenkier"
    Hatzlila
  • Dominique Welinski
    Co-producer
  • Oded Ashkenazi
    Cinematographer
  • Or-Lee Tal
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 13 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 24, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    Israel
  • Country of Filming:
    Israel
  • Language:
    Hebrew
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital 4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:40
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Cannes film festival
    Cannes
    France
    May 24, 2019
    World premiere
    Court Metrages official selection
  • Melbourne International Film Festival
    Melbourne
    Australia
    August 7, 2019
    Australian Premiere
    Official competition
  • Toronto International Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    September 10, 2019
    North American Premiere
    Official competition
  • Aspen Shortfest
    Aspen
    United States
    April 15, 2020
Distribution Information
  • H264 distribution
    Country: Canada
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Yona Rozenkier

Yona Rozenkier, 37 years old, is an Israeli-French director, born and raised in kibbutz Yehiam. Graduated from the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television in Tel-Aviv. His short Bugs on a helmet (16 min, 2011) premiered in Shanghai, the short Raz and Radja, (17 min, 2012) part of an Israeli-Palestinian project, opened Venice Critics Week and was screened around the world. His first feature film The Dive (2018) won 4 awards in Jerusalem IFF (including Best Feature), 2 awards in Locarno, is actually travelling around the world and will be released in France early June. Decompression, his second feature project was selected for Cannes l’Atelier 2017 and won Sam Spiegel lab award.

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Director Statement

Everyone will have a moment when they realize one of their dear ones is about to die. It can happen anywhere. I was lucky enough it happened in the middle of a rare butterfly’s migration, surrounding us while driving to the hospital. I will never forget how we stood in the middle of thousands of butterflies my father couldn’t see. Butterflies is about a moment, a brief and beautiful moment of great sadness.