SYNOPSIS:
An evening with Shaylee Atary
Last year, the HKJFF dedicated our Festival to filmmaker Yahav Winner who was murdered in the Hamas attack on kibbutz Kfar Aza in October 2023.
This year we are honored to be joined in person by his widow, and fellow filmmaker, Shaylee Atary. Shaylee will discuss her life in Israel and present her latest film Single Light, the story of a woman who’s “light has gone out” following a sexual assault by a fellow student from her music school.
29 Minutes | 2023
Israel | Hebrew | English subtitles
Followed by a Q&A with Director Shaylee Atary
VENUE:
Golden Scene Cinema
Tickets: HKD 110 (Students/Seniors HKD 80)
CREDITS:
Director: Shaylee Atary
Screenwriters: Shaylee Atary
Production Designer: Advar Cohen
Cast: Yael Elkana, Ben Ze’ev Rabian, Yoav Biran
AWARDS:
2 Wins 2 nominations
2024
Washington JxJ Festival
WINNER Emerging Filmmaker Award
2023
Jerusalem Film Festival
Winner Best Student Short Film
Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival
Nominated, Grand prix du court métrage de Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole – Best Short Film – Shaylee Atary
San Sebastián International Film Festival
Nominated, Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Prize – Best Film