NOTHING SPECIAL
Efrat Berger | France, Israel 2024 | 14 Min. | English with engl. subtitles
SATURDAY, 10.05. | 5:15 pm
De France, Saal 1 | TICKETS
Part of the Short Film Programm ISA I
In presence of Efrat Berger
When the old people die, we can go home –they told us.’ 10 years later, Maylin Malenio still works in the same household as an older woman’s caregiver. While one of them is waiting to die, the other one is longing for her life to finally begin. Walls are cracking, domestic objects come to life, and the limbo of waiting for the next stage in life is symbolised by the backdrop of a bus station.
Based on a recorded conversation, NOTHING SPECIAL simulates the two women’s attempt to escape the inevitabilities of life while they realise that ‘nothing’ can sometimes be something special.
Director: Efrat Berger
Camera: Tal Ninyo, Simon Filliot
Editing: Efrat Berger
Sound: Matthieu Langlet
Production: Edwina Liard, Nidia Santiago, Efrat Berger
SCREENINGS & AWARDS
Tirana International Film Festival
this human world – International Human Rights Film Festival
OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival
Spark Animation
HotDocs
Shnit
ISFFC – International Short Film Festival of Cyprus
Festival du Court Métrage Clermont-Ferrand
Videoformes
Festival International du Film Court d’AngoulêmeInternational Filmfest Bremen
Argo Film Festival
Minikino Film Week
Cinema Vérité – Iran International Documentary Film Festival
Jerusalem Film Festival
Animix
AniNation – Jerusalem International Animation Festival
FRONTDOC
Accordi @ Disaccordi
Muestra Intergaláctica de Cine
Lublin Film Festival
Big Cartoon Festival
Martovski Festival – Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival
Festival Internacional de Cine de la Huesca
Animatou
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
HollyShorts Monthly Screenings
Aspen ShortFest
Ann Arbor Film Festival
BIOGRAPHY
Director and editor, Efrat Berger studied experimental film at the Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design, and later earned a Master’s degree in Cultural Studies. Her debut docu-animated short, Nothing Special, premiered at Clermont-Ferrand in 2024. Letter to a Pig (directed by Tal Kantor, 2022), which she edited, has been nominated for the Oscars at the 96th Academy Awards. Efrat is currently developing her next fiction short, La Fosse.
