Wash

The poet remembers his late father while he watches the wash hanging on the lines at his parents flat.

  • Shai Alexandroni
    Director
    Mother Tongue
  • Shai Alexandroni
    Writer
  • Shai Alexandroni
    Producer
  • Zadok Alon
    Key Cast
  • Zadok Alon
    Poet
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    כביסה
  • Project Type:
    Short, Other
  • Runtime:
    1 minute 42 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 15, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Israel
  • Country of Filming:
    Israel
  • Language:
    Hebrew
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Kisufim - The Jerusalem Conference of Writers, Poets, and Playwrights
    Jerusalem
    Israel
    November 15, 2019
    Jerusalem
Director Biography - Shai Alexandroni

Born (1955) and lives in Tel Aviv, Israel. For many years practicing law and at the same time occupies with photography, art, and languages. In recent years, following continuing education at Musrara photography school in Jerusalem, concentrating on artistic work in the fields of photography, engraving and painting, using unique techniques. Participated in solo and group exhibitions in: Yad LaBanim Gallery, Haifa; Derfler Gallery, Jerusalem; Warehouse 2, Art complex, Jaffa, Modiin Artists House and in alternative space.
After directing a documentary film (Mother-Tongue) about daughters and mothers relations, concentrating now on poetry films.

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Director Statement

As a versatile visual artist, poetry for me is the most concentrated, purified medium of self-expression. Hence, I try to keep my poetry films thin and to create simple production films that do not try to demonstrate but to carefully wrap the poem with personal associations.