Anashim shehem lo ani

People That Are Not Me

Joy is a young woman living in Tel Aviv who has a love-hate relationship with its casual sex scene. Virtually the entire world comes down to her apartment and the street where it is located, the same street where her ex, who refuses to keep in touch with her, lives. Joy tries desperately to get him back, refusing to let him go – until she runs into Nir, a chatty intellectual, who says and does whatever he wants. In her attempts to be free like him, Joy will be cruel to others and develop an obsessive hunger for touch …

Director's Biography
HADAS BEN AROYA, born in 1988, is an Israeli filmmaker, scriptwriter, and producer from Tel Aviv. In 2014, Ben Aroya graduated from the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University. During her studies, she wrote and directed the short film Sex Doll. People That Are Not Me is her feature film debut. It premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival 2016 and received the main award at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival. // Films (selection): Sex Doll (2013, short), Anashim shehem lo ani (People That Are Not Me, 2016)
European Panorama Fiction 2017
Hadas Ben Aroya
Israel 2016
color
80 minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay Hadas Ben Aroya
Cinematography Meidan Arama
Editing Or Lee-Tal
Sound/Sounddesign Neal Gibbs
With Hadas Ben Aroya, Yonatan Bar-Or, Meir Toledano, Netzer Charitt, Hagar Enosh
Producer(s) Hadas Ben Aroya (IL)
Production
Hadas Ben Aroya hadasbenaroya@gmail.com
Austrian Premiere
Weltpremiere / World Premiere
Locarno International Film Festival 2016

Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere