IFF- Shorts Program: Operator / Shir / Large Soldier

OPERATOR (15min)
In the near future, killer drones are not just the business of governments. Many people seeking a job find themselves operating armed and unmanned vehicles. This is a story of one of them: A single mom drone operator. The film follows a day in her life, from the most mundane to the very lethal, but how much of that penetrates her home?

SHIR (33 min)
A completely new and different look on the Israeli complex reality .It is Yom Ha-Zikaron Israel’s Memorial Day, Seventeen years old Shir ditches school and runs away from her mom , trying as hard as she can to run away from her own personal memory of her brother’s lost . A broken image of Israel society is shattered as obstacles to the spinning wheels of Shir’s skateboard reflecting and threatening her as she tries to escape being a symbol and just wants to stay a kid. This coming of age story follows young Shir as she tries to forget what everyone is forced to remember.

LARGE SOLDIER (22min)
It’s 1973 and Sherry is a 15 year old girl with red curly hair who lives in Israel. All that she wants is a boyfriend. Her country at war, Sherry decides to volunteer- folding army uniforms. When she touches the manly uniforms, she is struck by an idea- she’ll put her name and address in one of the pockets, a solider will find it, he’ll write her, and she’ll have a solider–boyfriend. A letter arrives! Sherry is thrilled. She starts exchanging letters with Shaul. His letters are not exactly written with passion, but Sherry is happy. She offers to meet up, and they set a date. Sherry waits for Shaul in the street. A soldier passes by. Is that him?