Sharon Maymon
Sharon MAYMON (1973, Israel) graduated from the Camera Obscura College of Arts in Tel Aviv. After making a number of short films, she co-directed her first feature, A Matter of Size, with Erez Tadmor. In 2006 she teamed up with Tal Granit to write and direct Mortgage, winner of the Best Drama Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival. They partnered again on two shorts, To Kill a Bumblebee in 2009 and Summer Vacation in 2012. In 2010, the duo won the Best Pitch Award at the Berlinale for the script of My Sweet Euthanasia, on which The Farewell Party is based. The film won the People's Choice Award at the 2014 edition of Venice International Film Festival's Venice Days.
Filmography
Mortgage (2006, TV, co-dir), A Matter of Size (2009, co-dir), To Kill a Bumblebee (2009, short, co-dir), Summer Vacation (2012, short, co-dir), The Farewell Party (2014, co-dir)
Sharon Maymon op IFFR
The Farewell Party
90'
Duitsland
IFFR 2015