Private Project

Sun's Too Hot

Soli, A young activist, meets Ameline In an eco rebel camp in Jerusalem. soli's search for intimacy leads her to guide Ameline through her existential struggle, living in toxic world.

  • sivan eyal
    Director
  • sivan eyal
    Writer
  • yasmine scheft
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    שמש חמה מדי
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    drama
  • Runtime:
    17 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 20, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Israel
  • Country of Filming:
    Israel
  • Language:
    Hebrew
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • TLVfest 23
    Tel aviv
    Israel
    December 22, 2023
    Israel Premiere
    offical selection
  • Milwaukee Illuminate Film Festival
    Milwaukee
    United States
    December 16, 2023
    north american premiere
    Best Long Short
Director Biography - sivan eyal

I am a young filmmaker, and this marks my first independent film debut. I'm also an activist, a performer, and a co-producer of a non-profit community arts festival in Israel. Currently, I am studying filmmaking in Jerusalem

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Director Statement

The film was independently shot in May 2022 at the abandoned Mammilla Pool in Jerusalem. While the aftermath of the Balfor protests still echoes in the streets and hearts of me and those around me, it seemed inevitable: to gather the people around me and establish a protest camp with them - autonomous, genuine, cinematic.

The protagonist of the film, Soli, is in pursuit of harmony and distance from the sense of chaos and anxiety that the local reality provides. This is my first short film, and within it, there is an expression about the fire that remained with me from those days - when I wanted to love and rage intensely, to tell a story about a heroine who feels the burning pain around her like an overly hot sun.