Private Project

Heroine

What is a woman's courage? What is the
difference between courage as defined by men
and by women? Is a woman who shows courage
rewarded, or does she pay a heavy price? Maybe
the refusal to be brave is in itself courageous?
"Heroine" puts a spotlight on stories told by female
filmmakers focused on, and through the eyes of,
female protagonists. The film brings
to the screen fiction stories which seek to break
through the discourse and dialectic of courage
and cowardice to discover an additional range of concepts that are not as definitive.

  • Michal Vinik, Maya Dreifuss
    Director
    Artistic Director
  • Shani Egozin, Shira Sznaider, Hava Rokhlin, Mya Kaplan
    Director
    Directors
  • Shani Egozin, Shira Sznaider, Hava Rokhlin, Mya Kaplan
    Writer
    Writers
  • Efrat Cohen
    Producer
    Producer
  • Ilanit Ben-Ya’akov
    Key Cast
    "Lihi"
  • Timna Peretz
    Key Cast
    "Lady"
  • Marina Shoif
    Key Cast
    "Vicky"
  • Elisheva Weil
    Key Cast
    "Ruthi"
  • Project Type:
    Feature, Other
  • Runtime:
    60 hours 37 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 4, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    Israel
  • Country of Filming:
    Israel
  • Language:
    Hebrew
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Haifa Film Festival 2020
    Haifa
    Israel
    October 11, 2020
    Local Premier
Director Biography - Michal Vinik, Maya Dreifuss, Shani Egozin, Shira Sznaider, Hava Rokhlin, Mya Kaplan

SHANI EGOZIN
Writer-Director, Producer
These days Shani is finishing her BFA in the Steve Tisch School of Film & Television in Tel Aviv University.
She directed few short films, among them "Echo" (18 min, 2015) an adaptation of the sketch "Night" by Herold Pinter, screened at the TLV International Student Film Festival. "Dry Snake" (17 min, 2016) A horror – journey film, screened at the Student Film Festival, Alborada, Brazil; TLV International Student Film Festival and more. Recently she has completed her short "Moonless" (20 min, 2020).
On 2018 during her studies, she produced the feature film "God of the Piano" by Itay Tal, winner of the Actress Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival 2019; Rotterdam Festival 2019 and more.

SHIRA SZNAIDER
Writer-Director
Born in 1994 and grew up alternately between Israel and Germany. In 2020 she graduated from the Steve Tisch School for Film and Television in Tel-Aviv University, during her studies she wrote and directed five short films, among them: "Lovely Creature" (2016, 11 min), first prize winner in the following
festivals: International Film and Art Festival, Transylvania, Romania; International Short Film Festival, London, England; Utopia Science Fiction Festival, Tel-Aviv, Israel. "Sisters Playing Soccer in the Hood" (2017, 15 min), International student
film festival Tel-Aviv; Lethal Lesbian Film Festival, Tel-Aviv; Queer Eye, Oslo, Norway. Her diploma film, “Sonya”, was a co-production with the Warsaw Film School. In 2019, she
attended the lab “Produire au Sud” with a screenplay for her first feature film.

HAVA ROKHLIN
Director and Cinematographer
Lives in Jerusalem. These days, finishing her BFA in the Steve Tisch School of Film & Television in Tel Aviv University. Directed the short films "A Visit" (2016), "Grape Juice" (2019) and "The Momentographer" (2019) - a short documentary filmed in China as part of the Looking China project. Co-creator and producer of the Housing Projects Film Festival. In the last few years filming documentary films and producing and directing various projects.

MYA KAPLAN
Writer-Director and Cinematographer
Mya Kaplan, 30 years old, originally from the Galilee.
These days she is finishing her BFA in the Steve Tisch School of Film & Television in Tel Aviv University. During her studies she has been directing and doing cinematography for many shorts films including "Sisters Playing Soccer in the Hood" (15 min, 2018; Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival; Lethal Lesbian
Festival). "Life Again" (7 min, 2018; Haifa Film Festival). For the past two year she is the director of the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival.

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Director Statement

"I don’t want to unite you with laughter or anger. I just need my story heard.” (Hannah Gadsby, Nanette, 2018)

What is a woman's courage? What is the difference between courage as defined by men and by women? Is a woman who shows courage rewarded, or does she pay a heavy price? Maybe
the refusal to be brave is in itself courageous?
"Heroine", a collaboration between the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television of Tel Aviv University and the Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, puts a spotlight on stories told by female filmmakers focused on, and through the eyes of,
female protagonists. This current edition brings to the screen fiction stories which seek to break through the discourse and dialectic of courage and cowardice to discover an additional range of concepts that are not as definitive.