Skim Milk & Soft Wax
Skim Milk & Soft Wax
The work explores Jewish identity from the point of view of the American film maker, who was raised to believe that Israel is the land of milk and honey. However, the reality of her personal experiences collides with that Edenic image. Instead, the state of Israel is complex, shape-shifting and often disappointing. Therefore: skim milk, a substance of reduced nutritional value, but which still lives in the name of milk. And wax, the stuff of religious offerings, which is always ready to change its shape. (DL)
Also in this combined programme
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Blond Ambition
Short and exciting video in which a Japanese artist portrays her complicated quest for her personal and the national identity. -
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SMS
Unusual, sober fiction from Jordan about the loneliness of a young man. A lot is told with few means.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Israel, Palestine, USA
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 44'
- Medium/Format
- Mini DV PAL
