Pop 30
Director: Shira Billig
Short: Narrative
Drama: Coming of Age |
Israel |
20 min
Hebrew w/ English subtitles
When Mika, a colorful, and nostalgic girl, proposes marriage to her boyfriend Nati, he declines. Hurt by his rejection, Mika asks him to return her letters, but Nati refuses. Her attachment to him through those letters reveals a connection she never knew existed.
And so… she devises a way of disposing them, and a heart-ache.
Director’s bio:
As a writer, and composer of music included in a number of her short films, Shira completed her two-year national service as an instructor in an educational program, and has stayed on to work in the Media & Development department. as a film director, photographer and video editor. She is a graduate of the Ma’aleh School of Film and Television, in Jerusalem. Her second-year short: narrative film: “A Pain in the Neck, was screened at numerous festivals worldwide.
Presently: Shira runs her own ‘Production Company’: working as a director, cinematographer and video editor when the need arises.